Accreditation Information

Promedica International is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Link to accreditation certificate

CME PURPOSE: Implement and support accredited continuing education programs to improve the performance of healthcare providers and enhance patient outcomes. Through education, to disseminate and integrate new information and technologies from scientific investigation, subjects that the practicing physician must master in order to improve patient care, close professional practice gaps, outcomes research and faculty selection based on outstanding teaching talent in addition to accomplishments in biomedical research nationally and internationally.

CONTENT AREAS: The program content should provide a practical foundation in the early stages of new knowledge or technology. This includes basic information the participant needs to supplement his or her prior training and experience and a clear presentation of practical clinical applications in the overall patient care context. As the field evolves, the educational program evolves to reflect critical assessment of the practical efficacy of new technology and economic issues related to cost-effective medical care. Promedica’s areas of expertise are in the fields of cardiac surgery, cardiology, and interventional cardiology.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Cardiologists, Interventional Cardiologists, Cardiac Surgeons, Cardiovascular Researchers, Vascular Surgeons and Healthcare Professionals associated with these specialties.

TYPES OF ACTIVITIES: Live case presentations from cath labs, didactic seminars, workshops, online interactive sessions and wet labs. Promedica’s educational formats allow adequate time for question and answer sessions from the attendees.

EXPECTED RESULTS: Our accredited continuing education program is designed to enhance patient care and outcomes by changing physicians and other healthcare professionals competence and performance as it relates to their ability to make accurate, up-to-date decisions in their daily practice-based environment.

In addition, the results expected from our accredited continuing educational efforts include a) activities that are designed to challenge the physician to make comparisons between existing methods of treatment, b) to evaluate the clinical usefulness and limitations of new technology and its success rate in patient care c) appropriate measures and protocols for effective use of the new technologies d) close professional practice gaps, and e) when appropriate, to determine cost effectiveness of patient care. Promedica is committed to an accredited continuing education program with the expected results as above and ultimately, the goal of all of our accredited continuing education activities is to drive improvement and quality in patient care.

As of January 1, 2022, the California Medical Association’s (CMA) continuing medical
education (CME) team has updated Cultural and Linguistic Competency (CLC) standards and created standards for Implicit Bias (IB) that reduce health disparities, as well as comply with state law.

Accredited education activities accredited by Promedica International CME (PMI) are designed to include curriculum addressing the topics of CLC and IB in compliance with California Business and Professions (B&P) Code Section 2190. All those involved in the planning and execution of PMI sponsored educational activities have been asked to identify and discuss issues of CLC and IB relevant to the topics being covered in each individual activity.

Definitions:
Cultural and Linguistic Competency (CLC):
Cultural Competency, as defined by CA Assembly Bill No. 1195, is a set of integrated attitudes, knowledge, and skills that enables a health care professional or organization to care effectively for patients from diverse cultures, groups, and communities. Cultural Competency includes the following:
a) Applying linguistic skills to communicate effectively with the target population
b) Utilizing cultural information to establish therapeutic relationships
c) Eliciting and incorporating pertinent cultural data in diagnosis and treatment
d) Understanding and applying cultural and ethnic data to the process of clinical care
Linguistic Competency, as defined by CA Assembly Bill No. 1195, is the ability of a physician or surgeon to provide patients who do not speak English or who have limited ability to speak English, direct communication in the patient’s primary language.

Implicit Bias (IB):
Implicit Bias, as defined by CA Assembly Bill No. 241, is the attitudes or internalized
stereotypes that affect our perceptions, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner. IB often contributes to unequal treatment of people based on race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, and other characteristics. IB can contribute to health disparities by affecting the behavior of health care professionals.

Helpful Links & Resources:
Assembly Bill (AB) 1195
Assembly Bill (AB) 241

American Heart Association Article: Race, Racism, and Risk Prediction for Cardiovascular Disease (March 2024)

Cureus Article: Analysis of Gender-Based Inequality in Cardiovascular Health: An Umbrella Review (Aug 2023)

ACC Cover Story: Implicit Bias: Recognizing the Unconscious Barriers to Quality Care and
Diversity in Medicine (Jan 24, 2020)

JAHA Article: Implicit Gender Bias and the Use of Cardiovascular Tests Among Cardiologists
(Nov 29, 2017)

Article: Racism and Cardiology: A Global Call to Action (Dec 3, 2021)

IOM: Unequal Health