European CME Forum

Members of the Good CME Practice group (gCMEp) Margarita Velcheva and Pamela Funes of Kenes Group are joined by Sarah Attwood and Kim Storck from Medscape.

In today's episode you will hear about:

The ICAP framework, showing how categorising activities into Interactive, Constructive, Active, and Passive modes can help you design more engaging CME activities, with real examples for live settings.

The conversation will further explore digital engagement strategies centred around sharing storytelling techniques to keep online and asynchronous learners hooked.

You will leave with practical, ready-to-use techniques to boost engagement and retention in your own educational programmes.

gCMEp is a membership organisation for CME providers based in Europe that aims to promote professionalism within the European CME provider community.

More information on the gCMEp can be found on the group website. Visit their webinar page to explore further topics.

In this episode Eugene Pozniak (European CME Forum) is in conversation with Lisa Sullivan (Journal of CME) about the agenda for the upcoming on the 19th Annual European CME Forum taking place 11-13 November 2026 at the Van der Valk Hotel Schiphol, Netherlands. The theme this year is “Future-proofing CME/CPD”.

Tune in to learn more about the 19th Annual European CME Forum.

On today's episode you will hear about:

 — 19th Annual Meeting - when and where?

— The 9.00am start on Wednesday 11th.

— Future-proofing CME/CPD: The theme for this year's meeting

— In conversation with Lisa Sullivan for a session-by-session description of the approach to the meeting

— The Journal of CME and the two ongoing Special Collections

 — How to keep up-to-date with developments about the 19th Annual European CME Forum

Our webpage also has a wealth of information and offers the largest resource on CME in Europe, covering our 19 years of activities with reports and presentations from over 300 hours of live presentations and workshops.

Links

— European CME Forum

— Call for Proposals: Workshops and Posters

 — Annual Survey

 — LinkedIn

— Past meetings, agenda, materials, proceedings, Annual European CME Forum Conference Reports: see the relevant pages (free registration required for full access).

Journal of CME

— 2026/2027 Special Collection: Future-ready CPD: Balancing innovation with human connection — Guest Editors Jann Balmer and Maureen Doyle-Scharff

— 2025/2026 Special Collection: The value of CME/CPD — Guest Editor Steven Kawczak

Members of the Good CME Practice group (gCMEp) Margarita Velcheva (Kenes Group) and Rebecca Cox (Springer Health+ IME) are joined by guest speaker Alexandra Howson (WriteCME Pro). 

Alexandra Howson PhD, FACEhp, E-RYT is a writer, researcher, and educator. She hosts the Write Medicine podcast and runs WriteCME Pro, a professional development program that teaches medical writers how to specialise in CME. Her most recent book is WriteCME Roadmap: How to Thrive in CME with No Experience, No Network, and No Clue (Tilt Publishing). 

gCMEp is a membership organisation for CME providers based in Europe that aims to promote professionalism within the European CME provider community. More information on the gCMEp can be found on the journal website: gCMEp.org.

In this episode you will hear about 

• How learning objectives are signposts, not destinations.
• What it takes to design CME content that supports learner action.
• How to breaking each objective into 2-3 concrete actions 
• The importance of understanding clinical workflow before you write a word 
• Asking faculty: what's the one action that would be a win?

Visit gcmep.org to explore further topics.

The second episode of feedback from Europe on the 2026 Alliance meeting. The Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (ACEhp or just “Alliance”) hosted their annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia in February 2026. We counted a record 17 attendees from Europe, and managed to interview 15 of them for the podcast for their reaction and opinion of the conference, their favourite sessions and what lessons they took from the meeting to use in their own organisations. In this second episode, we discuss their most impactful and favoured sessions.00.05 Introduction, Eugene Pozniak (European CME Forum)01.05 Katie Eustace (Answers in CME), Celeste Kolanko (M3 IME)07.16 Emily Harrison (Nexus Healthcare Education)10.33 Christine Ghione (Global Learning Collaborative)11.25 Daniela Clape (Xpeer)12.35 Phil McElnay (MedAll)15.45 Elsbeth Headley, Caroline Halford (Springer Health+ IME)18.45 Hannah Fisher, Sven Awege, Joel Turner (TouchIME)22.50 Caitriona Forde (PeerVoice), Monica Ghidinelli (AO Foundation)27.10 Christine Ghione (Global Learning Collaborative)28.55 Elsbeth Headley, Caroline Halford (Springer Health+ IME)32.10 Robin Stevenson, Lis Sullivan (Journal of CME)35.10 Last comment from Elsbeth Headley (Springer Health+ IME)36.18 Final words Eugene Pozniak (European CME Forum)In the next episode will discuss what this group of global CME professionals think are the key lessons that should be enhanced or adopted in Europe.

Journal of CME 2026/27 Special CollectionOn today’s episode Lisa Sullivan (Deputy Editor, Journal of CME) is in conversation the JCME 2026/27 Special Collection Guest Editors Jann T. Balmer (Independent IPCE/CE consultant, co-lead for ACEhp Learning Collaborative) and Maureen Doyle-Scharff (Founder and CEO, Change for Good, LLC).You will hear about their views on this year's topic of: Future-ready CPD: Balancing innovation with human connection and the types of submissions that could be suitable for the collection. The conversation explores how technology interfaces with the work of healthcare professionals. It is not just about AI, technology or innovation, but about the broader interface of all factors that go beyond just knowledge acquisition, including collaboration and team-based learning, that has an effect on clinical practice with the potential to make an impact on patient care. More information about the 2026/27 Special Collection, including the types of articles accepted, Article Publishing Charges, and the waivers and discounts available, can be found on the journal website: jcme.org

The annual meeting of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions (ACEhp or just “Alliance”) hosted their annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia in February 2026.

We counted a record 17 attendees from Europe, and we managed to interview 15 of them for this podcast for their reaction and opinion of the conference, their favourite sessions and what lessons they took from the meeting to use in their own organisations.

In this first episode, we discuss their overall impression of the meeting and why they chose to attend.

00.05 Introduction, Eugene Pozniak (European CME Forum)

03.03 Christine Ghione (Global Learning Collaborative)

05.25 Phil McElnay (MedAll)

09.59 Emily Harrison (Nexus Healthcare Education)

12.28 Daniela Clape (Xpeer)

13.35 Hannah Fisher, Sven Awege, Joel Turner (TouchIME)

17.25 Elsbeth Headley, Caroline Halford (Springer Health+ IME)

19.43 Caitriona Forde (PeerVoice), Monica Ghidinelli (AO Foundation)

22.35 Katie Eustace (Answers in CME), Celeste Kolanko (M3 IME)

28.42 Robin Stevenson, Lisa Sullivan (Journal of CME)

38.18 Final words

In the next episode we will delve deeper getting everyones thoughts about the meeting itself, which sessions they found useful, the things they learned and how it compliments and enhances their experiences and practice of CME in Europe and around the world.

Robin Stevenson, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of CME, is in conversation with Lisa Sullivan. Lisa was appointed Deputy Editor at the recent annual Board meeting of the journal in Manchester in November. In this episode you will hear about:

- What motivated Lisa to take up the position

- How the journal supports the CME/CPD environment

- What differentiates JCME from other CME/CPD journals

- Trends in CME/CPD including microlearning and QI/PI-CME

- Role of AI and online clinical databases in “Modern CME”

- Discussion about the upcoming JCME-led session at the Alliance: “Keeping up to date is not enough”

- The JCME Special Collections

- How CME/CPD should be affecting clinical behaviours and performance

- How people can get involved in the journal

More information about the Journal of CME including the types of articles accepted, Article Publishing Charges, and the waivers and discounts available, can be found on the journal website: jcme.org

In this episode with the Good CME Practice group (gCMEp), Monica Ghidinelli (AO Foundation) is in conversation with group member Louise Banks (touchIME) and guest panellist Reinhard Griebenow (ECSF) delving deeper into some key questions about CME accreditation in Europe:

Tune in to learn more about the accreditation landscape in Europe and its value. 

On today’s episode you will hear about: 

- The evolution of accreditation and its role in supporting transparency, independence and needs-based education

- The value of accreditation itself

- The International Academy for CPD Accreditation and the organisations that are following their standards 

- The advantages of accreditation to the learner.

The Standards of the International Academy for CPD Accreditation is available at: https://academy4cpd-accreditation.org/standards-for-substantive-equivalency-between-cpd-cme-accreditation-systems/

gCMEp is a membership organisation for CME providers based in Europe that aims to promote professionalism within the European CME provider community. More information on the gCMEp can be found on the journal website: gCMEp.org.

In the third of a series of conversations with the JCME 2025 Special Collection Editorial Board members, Guest Editor Steven Kawczak (Co-Medical Director, Center for Continuing Education, Cleveland Clinic) is in conversation with Alvaro Margolis (Director, RedEMC).JCME is the PubMed-indexed, open access journal of the European CME Forum, publishing articles that address aspects of CME-CPD planning, design, delivery, assessment and regulation across the health professions.Tune in to learn more about this year’s special collection on the value of CME/CPD.On today’s episode you will hear about:

• Leveraging and improving interprofessional teamwork: Effective care necessitates effective teamwork and education improves and optimises interprofessional teamwork. 
• Ensuring effectiveness, quality and safety of care: CME/CPD that improves performance of healthcare professionals, teams and caregiving organisations.
• Improving patient or community health: CME/CPD is linked to advancing care goals, extending preventative care and addressing community health concerns.
• Advancing innovations and emerging science: education is a catalyst to disseminate knowledge and accelerate adoption of innovations. 
• Enhancing efficiency and cost effectiveness: Includes avoiding unnecessary procedures or treatments, minimising hospital readmissions and optimising workflows in care settings.
• Improving engagement: CME/CPD is a catalyst for organisational improvement and decreasing burnout of health professionals. 
• Trusted resource: CME/CPD is the mechanism to ensure content integrity and independence from commercial influence.

More information about the 2025 Special Collection, including the types of articles accepted, Article Publishing Charges, and the waivers and discounts available, can be found on the journal website - jcme.org

In the second of a series of conversations with the JCME 2025 Special Collection Editorial Board members, Guest Editor Steven Kawczak (Co-Medical Director, Center for Continuing Education, Cleveland Clinic) is in conversation with Ronald Cervero (Professor and Deputy Chair, Department of Health Professions Education F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, "America's Medical School” Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences).It is now 10 years since the publication of the seminal paper that he coauthored with Julie Gaines in the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. “The impact of CME on physician performance and patient health outcomes: an updated synthesis of systematic reviews” In this episode you will hear about: - The origin and background to the influential 2015 paper on the effectiveness of CME - Leveraging and improving interprofessional teamwork - CME/CPD that improves performance of healthcare professionals, teams and caregiving organisations. - Enhancing efficiency and cost effectiveness - Improving engagement, organisational improvement and decreasing burnout of health professionals. - CME/CPD as a trusted resource and a mechanism to ensure content integrity and independence from commercial influence.More information about the 2025 Special Collection, including the types of articles accepted, Article Publishing Charges, and the waivers and discounts available, can be found on the journal website: jcme.org