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Measurement in continuing medical education can
and should be done on various levels. Although enhanced knowledge
and skills are important outcomes of an intervention, the
translation of that learning into clinician practices that result
in improved patient health is the ultimate goal. CME Enterprise
uses Moore's multilevel outcomes framework for measuring the
effectiveness of our CME activities (J Contin Educ Health
Prof. 2009;29[1]:1-15). Listed below is an adaptation from the
Moore Model criteria for outcomes measurements.
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Outcome Measurement
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Participation
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What This Measures
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Number of participants
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Level
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Moore level 1
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Outcome Measurement
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Satisfaction
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What This Measures
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The degree to which participant expectations about the CME
activity were met
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Level
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Moore level 2
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Outcome Measurement
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Learning (declarative and
procedural)
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What This Measures
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Participants' ability to state what the CME activity
intended them to know (declarative) and/or how to do it
(procedural)
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Level
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Moore level 3 (a and b)
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Outcome Measurement
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Competence
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What This Measures
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Participants' ability to show, in an educational
setting, what the CME activity intended
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Level
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Moore level 4
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Outcome Measurement
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Performance
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What This Measures
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Participants' changes in actual practice as a result of the CME
activity
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Level
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Moore level 5
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Outcome Measurement
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Patient Health
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What This Measures
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Changes in the health status of participants' patients due to
participant changes in practice
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Level
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Moore level 6
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Outcome Measurement
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Community Health
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What This Measures
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Changes in the health status of a patient population due to
participants' changes in practice
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Level
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Moore level 7
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