Wanted: A Deep Dive into CME Needs Assessment

The CME Cycle

The American Medical Writers Association just asked for my input on a survey aimed at helping our organization develop a plan for serving members in the future. I filled it out and added this when asked for additional suggestions on educational topics:


"A deep dive into the CME needs assessment as a special type of document: what it is, why it is so important, how to write one, sources of evidence, how to present the evidence, how to reference and attribute your sources, how to get hired to write NAs, what the NA of the future will look like, how much to charge, how much lead time to insist upon, how to include the patient perspective, how PI-CME and QI-CME are affecting how we write needs assessments, and how to overcome the most common barriers encountered while writing needs assessments, including the appearance of commercial bias."