About the Awards

These awards recognize best practices--ideas or processes that can be implemented by NAMEC members to improve CME.  Members are eligible to submit for consideration.

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The 2023 Call for Submissions will be released later this year. 

2022 Winners

Best Practice in Enduring Material Educational Design: Global Education Group and Iridium Continuing Education for "Ushering in a New Era in the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease and Anemia: Appreciating The Patient Burden, Exploring Pathways and Pathogenesis, Reflecting on the New and Emerging Data"

Best Practice in Enduring Material Educational Design: Pri-Med Institute, LLC for "The Future of Alzheimer Disease: Early Recognition and Emerging Therapy"

Best Practice in Learner Outcomes: Medscape for "Analyzing the Real-World Impact of a Virtual Patient Simulation"

Best Practice in Innovative Educational Methods: Global Education Group and Excalibur Medical Education for "Escape Room: Improving the Day-to-Day Management of Patients with Rheumatic Disease"

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: DKBmed and Med Learning Group for "The Saving Sight and Vision Relief Collaborative Quality Improvement Initiative"

Best Practice in CME Outside of the USA: DKBmed for "HIV Learning Lab China"

2021 Winners

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: Pri-Med Institute, LLC for "Current Issues in Obesity: Stigma, Science, and Solutions"

Best Practice in Enduring Material Educational Design: Pri-Med Institute, LLC for "Treating More Than Just an Itch: Updates on Atopic Dermatitis for the Primary Care Provider"

Best Practice in Innovative Educational Methods: Medical Learning Institute, Inc. for "Strategies to Improve Glucose Control with Mealtime Insulin"

Best Practice in Learner Outcomes: DKBmed for "Optimizing Disease Management: Finding the Invisible Patient"

Best Practice in Live On-Site Activity Educational Design: Medscape for "Reaching Learners with Simulated Patient Cases"

Best Practice in Virtual Live Activity Educational Design: DKBmed for "STOP HIV in LGBTQ Seniors"

2020 Winners

Best Practice in Enduring Material Educational Design: Pri-Med Institute for “What a Headache! The Case of a 29-year-old Woman with Worsening Migraine”

Best Practice in Virtual Live Activity Educational Design: Pri-Med Institute for “PrimaryCareNOW”

Best Practice in Learner Outcomes: Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning for “Personalizing Outcomes Measures to Effectively Assess Impact of Medical Education”

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: Medscape Education for “Optimizing Rare Disease Education: Bringing Together Multiple Stakeholders During the COVID-19 Pandemic”

Best Practice in Innovative Educational Methods: Pri-Med Institute for “Highs & Lows: Opportunities and Benefits of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Primary Care (An Adaptive Learning Experience)

Best Practice in CME Outside of the USA (Live or Enduring): Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning for “Classroom to Clinic™ Localized Small Group Learning for HCPs Working in Oncology” and to CME Outfitters for “Real-World Evidence: CDK 4/6 Inhibitors in Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer”

Brian P. Russell Exemplary CME Professional Award: Katie Lucero, PhD, Medscape Education

2019 Winners

NAMEC Best Practice in Enduring Material Educational Design: Paradigm Medical Communications for “Effectively Addressing Severe Hypoglycemia: Implications, Treatment, and Communication”

NAMEC Best Practice in Learner Outcomes: CME Outfitters for “Supporting Clinicians and Patients with NVAF: Integrating Education with Digital Health Tools”

NAMEC Best Practice in Live Activity Educational Design: Pri-Med Institute, LLC for “2019 Southern Diabetes Initiative: Updates and Best Practices to Empower the Frontlines of Care”

NAMEC Best Practice in CME Outside of the USA: Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning for “Using CME to Address Global Public Health Needs: Improving Contraception Decision Making in India”

NAMEC Best Practice in Innovative Educational Methods: Global Education Group for “Game On: Partnering with Patients to Keep Diabetes in Check”

NAMEC Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: DKBmed for “What’s New with the Flu?”

NAMEC Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: Paradigm Medical Communications for “Management of Pemphigus Vulgaris: Challenges and Solutions”

NAMEC Brian P. Russell Exemplary CME Professional Award: Dean Beals with DKBmed

2018 Winners

NAMEC Best Practice in Enduring Material Educational Design: pmiCME for "Curriculum Learning through a ConnectED CME/CE Series"

NAMEC Best Practice in Learner Outcomes: Projects in Knowledge for "Rheumatoid Arthritis @Point of Care"

NAMEC Best Practice in Live Activity Educational Design: Paradigm Medical Communications for "Paving a Path to Relief of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Chronic Idiopathic Constipation: Live Patient Simulations Demonstrating Innovations in Diagnosis and Treatment"

NAMEC Best Practice in Innovative Educational Methods: CME Outfitters for "HBV is Not a Game: Or Is It? Optimizing Your Approach to HBV Management"

NAMEC Best Practice in Innovative Educational Methods: Global Education Group for "Advanced Trauma Training"

NAMEC Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: Global Education Group for "Overactive Bladder: Adopting a Patient-Centered Approach to Improve Outcomes and Quality of Life—The OAB Learning Center"

NAMEC Brian P. Russell Exemplary CME Professional Award: Phil Talamo, CHCP

2017 Winners

NAMEC Best Practice in Enduring Material Educational Design: Presented To: Paradigm Medical Communications, LLC for "Do You Know JAK?"

NAMEC Best Practice in Learner Outcomes: Presented To: CME Outfitters, LLC for "Incorporating Predictive Modeling Into Outcomes Analyses to Inform Educational Design: An Example from an Activity on Epilepsy"

NAMEC Best Practice in Live Activity Educational Design: Presented To: Paradigm Medical Communications for "BOnT-A for Spasticity: Transforming Science Into Clinical Success"

NAMEC Best Practice in CME Outside of the USA: Presented To: Paradigm Medical Communications for "Academy for the Advancement of Aesthetics"

NAMEC Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: Presented To: Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning for "The Evolution of Therapies for NSCLC: Navigating New Therapies &Counseling Patients in Clinical Decisions"

2016 Winners

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation: CME Outfitters for the activity: Meta-Analysis of 4 activities:

• Not Just Skin Deep: Psoriasis
  
• Reconsidering Adult ADHD
  
• Remain Calm, Stay Safe, Be Prepared: Developing and Implementing a Seizure Action Plan
  
• Risky Business: Understanding and Attenuating Risk Associated with Disease-Modifying Therapy in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
  

Best Practice in Learner Outcomes: Paradigm Medical Communications for the activity: Trust Your Gut: Improving the Physician Assistant’s Acumen in Identifying and Managing Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Chronic Idiopathic Constipation

2015 Winners

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning for the activity Improving Adult Vaccination Practices: A Focus on Influenza and Vaccine-Preventable Pneumonia

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: Imedex LLC for the activity Enhancing Treatment of HER2+ Breast Cancer: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improve Shared Decision-Making Regarding Neoadjuvant Therapy

2014 Winners

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation: Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning

Best Practice in Learner Outcomes: Applied Clinical Education for its activity entitled Remedies

Brian P. Russell Exemplary CME Professional: Kurt J. Boyce

2013 Winners

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: Applied Clinical Education for Code Phase I: Reducing Healthcare Disparities in Cardiometabolic Disease
Imedex You and IBD

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation: Applied Clinical Education REMEDIES: Focus on Opioid Tolerance

2012 Winners

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation: Non Invasive Injectables in Facial Aesthetic Surgery;  Paradigm Medical Communications 

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: (TIE) CME Outfitters, LLC for Clinician Education Improves Lipid Monitoring in Patients Taking Second-Generation Antipsychotic Agents, Nationally and Locally; Medscape, LLC  for Military Families

Best Practice in Professional Development: The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning for CME Efficiencies Team Meetings/Training

Brian P. Russell Exemplary CME Professional: (TIE) Tina B. Stacy, PharmD, BCOP, CCMEP; Monique Johnson, MD, CCMEP 

2011 Winners

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation: Curatio CME

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: Lippincott CME for CRAb Program 

Best Practice in Professional Development: Lippincott CME

Brian P. Russell Exemplary CME Professional: Marissa Seligman, CCMEP

2010 Winners 

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation: Research to Practice

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: CME Enterprise, Inc

Best Practice in Professional Development: CME Enterprise, Inc 

Exemplary CME Professional: Stephen Lewis (Global Education Group)

2009 Winners

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation: Physicians Academy for Clinical and Management Excellence, Amy E. Klopfenstein

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: Nathalie Rouviere

Exemplary CME Professional: Richard Tischler, PhD

2008 Winners

Best Practice in Educational Design and Evaluation:N/A

Best Practice in Collaboration Among CME Stakeholders: CME Enterprise, Inc., Bruce Bellande

Best Practice in Professional Development: CME Enterprise, Inc., Bruce Bellande

Exemplary CME Professional Award: Michael Lemon

2007 Winners

Best Practice in Educational Design: Postgraduate Institute for Medicine, Michael Lemon

Best Practice in Professional Development: Bimark Center for Medical Education, Jerry Silverman

Best Practice in Needs Assessment: Research to Practice, Isabelle Tate

The Exemplary CME Professional Award: (2 winners) Karen Overstreet & Mark Schaffer

2006 Winners

Outstanding in the category Educational Design and Evaluation: Sandy Thomas

Outstanding in the category Collaboration among CME Stakeholders: Carol Greco

Outstanding in the category Needs Assessments: Susanna Silverman

Outstanding in the category Exemplary CME Professional: Jacqueline N. Parochka, EdD, FACME