Continuing Professional Development & Evaluation Studies
The Virginia Commonwealth University, Medical College of Virginia Campus (VCU) Office of Continuing Professional Development & Evaluation Studies (CPDE) comprises two program areas: the Continuing Medical Education (CME) program area and the Evaluation Studies program area.
Continuing Medical Education
Through the CME program, CPDE offers educational activities to enhance the clinical competence and professional development of physicians. CPDE manages programs for physicians and other health care professionals throughout Virginia, the Mid-Atlantic region, and the United States. These activities include annual conferences, regularly scheduled community based presentations, clinically-oriented experiences held at VCU Health System’s Medical College of Virginia Hospitals and the McGuire Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, independent learning opportunities, and both printed and on-line enduring materials.
CPDE hosts one of the larger university continuing medical education programs in the United States. To read more, go to Continuing Medical Education.
Evaluation Studies
Through the Evaluation Studies program, CPDE conducts research and evaluation studies across the continuum of medical education. The goals of the Evaluation Studies program are:
- to offer evaluation services to enhance teaching and learning of VCU faculty who provide undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education; and
- to conduct research and utilize results to continuously improve educational effectiveness by exploring the professional development of physicians, their learning, clinical behavior and patient outcomes.
To read more, go to Evaluation Studies.
| Continuing Medical Education Contact/Address |
Evaluation Studies Contact/Address |
|---|---|
| John R. Boothby, M.S.W. Director, Continuing Medical Education 730 E. Broad St. Theater Row Bldg., Suite 430 P.O. Box 980048 Richmond, VA 23298-0048 Phone: 804-828-3640 Toll Free: 800-413-2872 FAX: 804-828-7438 E-mail: cmeinfo@vcu.edu |
Roberta McKnight, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Evaluation Studies 730 E. Broad St. Theater Row Bldg. Suite 430 P.O. Box 980048 Richmond, VA 23298-0048 Phone: 804-828-5413 Toll Free: 800-413-2872 FAX: 804-828-7438 E-mail: rmcknight@vcu.edu |
TRANSCRIPTS
Cumulative transcripts or duplicate certificates of attendance are available upon request.
