Additional Information

 
About PCE
 
As a nationally recognized provider of continuing education for healthcare professionals, PCE develops, delivers, and evaluates a broad range of accredited, cutting-edge CME and CE opportunities.
 
What we do – PCE designs educational activities for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, pharmacy technicians, and other professionals. Our personalized services are comprehensive, and include needs assessments, faculty management, scientific content development, logistical oversight, attendee recruitment, CME/CE certification, and outcomes analysis. Founded in 1999, PCE integrates the expertise of its staff, bringing a depth of experience in medical education, patient care, public health, medical writing, and event management.
 
Types of activities – PCE strives to ensure that every educational activity achieves its unique learning objectives, stimulates practice change, and maximizes clinical application. Our learning activities are creative and engaging, designed to advance the knowledge and clinical competence of healthcare professionals, with the ultimate goal of improving patient outcomes. Tailored to the needs of each audience, activity formats include live symposia and local presentations, simulcasts, webinars, certificate programs, on-demand home study, monographs, and e-books.
 
Content areas – Our educational activities cover a comprehensive range of content areas, including neuroscience, cardiovascular/pulmonary medicine, critical-care medicine, health information technology, infectious disease, medication safety, and many specialty topics in the fields of medicine, pharmacy, and nursing. We are meticulous in our efforts to ensure that all educational materials and program implementation are free of commercial interest and bias.
 
Outcomes – Our accredited activities are designed to teach advances in medical science, clinical practice, and technology so that healthcare professionals can improve their knowledge and competence.  Using principles of active learning, PCE aims to assess the learner’s growth in knowledge and competence in the course of its activities and through follow-up evaluations. We gather both qualitative and quantitative feedback on the qualities of our activities to ensure achievement of learning objectives, participant satisfaction, effective teaching materials, and appropriate formats.
 
Our Mission

PCE is dedicated to:
 
  • Identifying the educational needs of healthcare professionals;
  • Providing up-to-date, clinically relevant, and scientifically rigorous information;
  • Developing consistently high-quality activities that feature cutting-edge research, technological advancements, and practical updates;
  • Improving healthcare provider knowledge, competence, and performance;
  • Promoting excellence and accountability in the provision of health care, with the goal of optimizing patient outcomes.

Funding and Partnerships

Partnerships and unrestricted continuing medical education grants help PCE to achieve our mission. In all that we do, we strongly uphold the standards of commercial support as outlined by the ACCME, ACPE, and all other applicable accrediting bodies.

  • Educational Support Opportunities – PCE funds our high-quality programming through a variety of methods, including unrestricted educational grants. We welcome requests for proposals, information on application processes, or other inquiries from grant funding organizations. Contact us for more information.
  • Partnership Opportunities – PCE welcomes collaboration with other providers who have a depth of knowledge or direct link to a specific audience of learners. We have developed an array of continuing education activities through successful partnerships. Our partners have included medical education companies, universities, print and electronic journals, medical/pharmacy associations, and public health organizations. Contact us for more information.

Information for Faculty

PCE has developed a tailored, easy-to-use selection of guidance materials for faculty who are developing our accredited CME/CE activities.