Mission Statement

Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. CME Institute Mission Statement

Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc., an accredited provider of continuing medical education for physicians, is the publisher of The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and The Primary Care Companion to The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, as well as supplemental educational materials. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry is the official journal for the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, and The Primary Care Companion to The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry is the official journal of the Association of Medicine and Psychiatry.

Our primary mission is to provide lifelong learning for the physician through evidence-based, peer-reviewed scientific information about the diagnosis and treatment of behavioral health and neuropsychiatric disorders. Much of this learning is provided through the CME Institute, which was created by Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc., to help preserve the independence and integrity of the editorial process and to minimize conflict of interest with commercial supporters on the part of faculty. CME Institute faculty members work directly with the Institute staff to create educational activities for the target audience.

A. Purpose

The CME Institute has 3 measurable goals:

  1. Create and distribute educational programs in a variety of formats
  2. Provide our members with up-to-date, evidence-based, peer-reviewed scientific information about the management of behavioral health and neuropsychiatric disorders
  3. Monitor learning that results from the CME activities.

B. Content Areas

The educational activities of the CME Institute relate to the management of psychiatric disorders and issues of behavioral health. Since psychiatric disorders have profound somatic effects, and medical illnesses have profound effects on the brain, educational activities of the CME Institute will address mental/somatic comorbidities and their effects on health, health outcomes, quality of life, function, and ability to work.

C. Target Audience

  1. Primary audience: psychiatrists in all practice settings and primary care physicians who treat behavioral health and neuropsychiatric disorders—internists, family physicians, pediatricians, and obstetricians/gynecologists—in all practice settings.
  2. Secondary audience: residents, psychologists, nurses, pharmacists, and other behavioral health care professionals in need of continuing education relative to the treatment of behavioral health and neuropsychiatric disorders.

D. Types of Activities Provided

Activities of the CME Institute, which have a worldwide geographic reach, will include enduring materials, such as selected journal articles, journal supplements, newsletters, Web postings, and multimedia publications, and live activities to be delivered via teleconferences, seminars, or the Web.

E. Partnerships

The CME Institute seeks funding from pharmaceutical companies or other institutions that are interested in educating physicians on the management of behavioral health and neuropsychiatric disorders.

F. Expected Results of the Program

The expected direct result of our CME program is to expand the knowledge of practicing physicians about current clinical practices and new research in behavioral health and neuropsychiatric disorders. The expected indirect result of meeting clinicians' educational needs is improved patient care. Our level of achievement of these expected results is assessed by the cognitive examinations and evaluation forms that are an integral part of every CME activity. The cognitive examination is used as a mechanism to both verify participation and test understanding of the content, and the evaluation questionnaire is used to assess the quality of the activity and its relevance to the physician's management of patients.

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