Unbound Medicine, a provider of knowledge management solutions for healthcare, and the American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA), the nation's largest professional organisation serving the pediatric surgical specialty, has launched the Continuing Medical Education (CME) platform for pediatric surgeons. Dubbed ExPERT - the Exam-based Pediatric surgery Educational Reference Tool - this resource allows surgeons to both stay up to date and obtain Continuous Certification credits anytime, anywhere on their device of choice.
Traditionally, surgeons met continuing education requirements by attending conferences and lectures. Studies have shown, however, that improved learning occurs when it is more active, episodic and related to clinical scenarios faced in daily practice. With this in mind, ExPERT was developed as a daily knowledge companion - providing continuing education opportunities at the same time as answering daily clinical questions.
A visionary team of APSA leaders working with experts from Unbound Medicine developed the new approach to surgical knowledge management. APSA member surgeons now author evidence-based, media-rich assessment content in uPub™ - Unbound's online authoring and content management system. After online editing and digital approval by an APSA Continuing Education Committee, the content is dynamically integrated with other content and published in the APSA Pediatric Surgery Library.
Updated regularly, ExPERT questions and assessments are augmented by surgical images, videos, and the underlying journal literature. ExPERT can be purchased separately or part of a suite in the APSA Pediatric Surgery Library. Annual meeting attendance CME is also managed within the same platform.
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