The South Dakota State Medical Association (SDSMA) is recognized by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) as the South Dakota accreditor of intrastate CME providers. In accordance to ACCME criteria, the SDSMA's Committee on Medical Education sets standards and guidelines for the accreditation of CME providers and accredits organizations providing CME activities for physicians in South Dakota and its contiguous borders.

For information on how to become accredited in South Dakota, contact Mark East at the SDSMA at 605.336.1965 or via E-mail at meast@sdsma.org. 

SDSMA-Accreditation Cycle

• Types and Duration of Accreditation
• SDSMA Accreditation Cycle
  Based on the date of the initial survey and accreditation, an applicant (provider) is grouped into a cohort of providers for ongoing reaccreditation and oversight.
  • Reaccreditation Timeline 2010 Cohort - updated 3.31.2009
  • Reaccreditation Timeline 2009 Cohort

Resources For SDSMA-Accredited Providers

The SDSMA Guide to the Accreditation Process: Understand and Demonstrating the Implementation of the SDSMA's Accreditation Criteria provides questions and a framework from the SDSMA and ACCME to assist in this process; a list of SDSMA CME Provider Credentialing Policies are included. If you have questions, please call Mark East at the SDSMA at 605.336.1965.

2010 Accreditation Cohort

• SDSMA Provider Guide to the Accreditation Process - Updated 9.9.2009
• SDSMA Demographic Sheet
• SDSMA Summary of CME Activities
• SDSMA CME Activity List Spreadsheet March 2010
• SDSMA Self Study Report Tabs Template
• SDSMA Performance in Practice Review Labels

2009 Accreditation Cohort

• SDSMA Provider Guide to the Accreditation Process - Updated 1.26.2009 (Includes correction to designation statement)
• SDSMA Demographic Sheet
• SDSMA Summary of CME Activities
• SDSMA CME Activity List Spreadsheet
• SDSMA Instructions for Printing Self Study Report Tabs
• SDSMA Self Study Report Tabs Template
• SDSMA Instructions for Submitting CME Activity Lists
• SDSMA Performance in Practice Review Requirements and Instructions
• SDSMA Performance in Practice Review Tabs

Resources For Surveyors

“The South Dakota State Medical Association is recognized by the ACCME as the South Dakota accreditor of intra-state CME providers.

In accordance with ACCME criteria, SDSMA’s Committee on Medical Education sets standards and guidelines for the accreditation of CME providers and accredits organizations providing CME activities for physicians in South Dakota and its contiguous borders. These standards are called the “SDSMA Essential Areas and Their Elements.”

SDSMA’s standards must be compatible with Essential Areas, Elements, Criteria and Policies of the ACCME, but need not be identical.

• Surveyor Report Form
• Surveyor Report Instructions
• Activity Review Form
• Document Review Form
• Letter to Surveyors from ACCME - 8.11.09

Pre-Application For Accreditation

• Pre-Application for SDSMA Accreditation - updated 09.09.2009
  The first step in becoming accredited is completion of a Pre-Application for SDSMA Accreditation ("Pre-Application"). If you have questions about the application process, call Mark East at the SDSMA at 605.336.1965.

Tools

• RSS Toolkit
• Activity Development Worksheet
• Activity Evaluation and Improvement
• Directed Program Self-Assessment
• Writing a CME Mission Statement

SDSMA-Accredited Providers

• Avera McKennan Hospital, Sioux Falls
• Avera Queen of Peace Health Services, Mitchell
• Avera St. Lukes Hospital, Aberdeen
• Brookings Hospital, Brookings
• Huron Regional Medical Center, Huron
• North Central Heart Institute, Sioux Falls
• Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City
• Sanford Health, Sioux Falls
• Yankton CME Consortium, Yankton
• Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, Watertown

Click here for contact information of SDSMA'a accredited providers.

Other Announcements/Information

• Upon request for clarification, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) provided the ACCME with a response about the application of Stark II regulations and CME that is delivered in the hospital setting.  For that clarification, please click here or visit the ACCME’s website at www.accme.org.

Links

• Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)

South Dakota CME Data

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