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WHO WE ARE:
AAF-MED is an independent, triple-accredited provider of continuing medical education for physicians...
...and continuing education for pharmacists
...for nurses
...and for a variety of other healthcare professionals.
Why is independence important in a continuing education provider?
If you’re a healthcare professional...
AAF-MED’s independence is your assurance that CME and CE activities developed by AAF-MED are free of bias. Utilizing established adult education models and multiple delivery modalities, we select the learning experience for each activity that best meets your learning needs.
If you’re a supporter...
AAF-MED’s independence is your assurance that educational activities developed by AAF-MED meet the guidelines and regulations governing the conduct of continuing medical education in today’s regulatory climate.
We do not work on promotional programs. We do not receive research support. While we occasionally collaborate with specialty societies, universities and medical schools to design specific educational activities, we are a completely independent provider of continuing medical education.
We care about delivering a quality educational product and ensuring that all stakeholders follow appropriate activity development processes.
Established in 1997, AAF-MED’s goal is to improve health outcomes through the provision of quality continuing professional education and development programs for physicians and other health care professionals.
What is the scope of AAF-MED’s services?
As an independent provider, AAF-MED is uniquely qualified to certify CME activities. AAF-MED also plans, produces and executes educational events. From faculty identification and content development to liaison with professional organizations and logistics planning, AAF-MED’s team of CME professionals is dedicated to quality in every step of the process.
We offer:
Strategic Account Services
Program Services
Scientific Services
Event Planning and Logistical Services
Editorial, Creative and Production Services
Interactive Services
What are AAF-MED’s program delivery capabilities?
Each activity begins with a needs assessment. Needs assessments identify the educational need and target audience for an activity, and lead to the delivery modality that will best meet the learning needs.
AAF-MED’s program delivery capabilities include:
- Live events – scientific presentations at conferences, scientific symposia, clinical lectures, roundtables, dinner meetings, teleconferences
- Enduring materials – print monographs, white papers, journal articles, journal supplements, audiotapes, DVDs, videotapes
- Web-based events – Webcasts, web conferencing, CD-ROMs
Does AAF-MED specialize in particular therapeutic areas?
AAF-MED’s CME and CE program focuses on areas in which treatment options are rapidly expanding, or in which new learning is revising the treatment paradigm. The AAF-MED team has produced educational programs in the following areas:
- Autoimmune Disease
- Central Nervous System
- Clinical Pharmacy
- Diabetes
- Family Medicine
- Hospital Administration
- Hypertension and Heart Disease
- Infectious Disease
- Medical Imaging / Radiology
- Mental Health
- Oncology
- Urology
- Women’s Health
Who contributes the expertise to AAF-MED’s continuing education activities?
Education is developed with the clinical and scientific guidance of AAF-MED’s experts and Advisory Board, ensuring unrivaled peer review and best available evidence analyses. Read some of our experts' comments here.
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