CME Provider Services
Let the WSMA help your organization become an accredited provider and ensure your physicians are receiving CME that meets our high standards of excellence.
The WSMA is recognized by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide a voluntary interstate accreditation program for organizations that provide Category 1 continuing medical education activities. CME is central to life-long learning and professional development to which physicians and the WSMA are committed. Through its accreditation program, the WSMA seeks to assure physicians and the public that CME activities presented by accredited providers meet the high standards adopted by the association and by the ACCME.
WSMA CME Accreditation Service
The WSMA offers CME accreditation services to numerous providers meeting our high standards of quality. Specifically our CME Accreditation Committee is charged with:
- Monitoring the administration of the mandatory continuing medical education requirements of the Washington Medical Commission.
- Evaluating and accrediting providers of intrastate Category 1 continuing medical education programs.
- Representing the WSMA in its professional role to assure that appropriate needs assessment programs are carried out on behalf of its members; that its members are encouraged to participate in the full spectrum of continuing medical education activities; that they are assisted by the WSMA in becoming acquainted with the extent of those opportunities; and that the WSMA assists in evaluation of the same.
- Advising the Washington Medical Commission (formerly the Medical Quality Assurance Commission) on medical education, continuing medical education, licensure and other issues as directed by the WSMA Board of Trustees or Executive Committee.
Purpose of accreditation
Accreditation is the set standard to assure quality continuing medical education activities are planned, implemented, and evaluated in accordance with all WSMA policies, the ACCME accreditation requirements and policies and Standards for Independence and Integrity in Accredited Continuing Education.
If you have questions about WSMA CME Accreditation Service, contact Kendra Peterson, associate director of education and accreditation, at kendra@wsma.org or 206.956.3638.
2022 WSMA Virtual CME Provider Conference
We look forward to seeing you online for the WSMA CME Provider Conference to be held virtually on November 2-3, 2022, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. on both days. Whether you’re a CME newcomer or a CME veteran, the 2022 WSMA CME Provider Conference has something for everyone. Prepare to be an active participant as we learn about what’s happening in CME, both from experts and each other. We’re looking forward to seeing you (virtually)!
Guest speakers:
Steve Singer, PhD
Vice President of Education and Outreach
Laura Werts, MS, MEd, CMP
Director, Continuing Medical Education and Pratt Research Library
Member, Program Committee, Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education (SAMCE)
Marcie Bonilla, ACCME
Director, Data Products and Collaboration Programs
Registration Fees:
- WSMA-accredited CME providers: 1 free registrant, $150 per subsequent registrant
- WSMA CME committee members (both accreditation committee and program committee): free
- All other registrants: $200 per person.
Register