Continuing Medical Education and Community Events By Summer Connery, UCSF Fresno Continuing Medical Education, summer.connery@ucsf.edu As the largest academic medical education institution in the San Joaquin Valley, UCSF Fresno continues to be a leading provider of Continuing Education programs locally and across the country. UCSF Fresno strives to host new and relevant continuing medical and dental education conferences and events each year to elevate clinician knowledge and share best practices with the goal of enhancing health care and patient outcomes in the region. UCSF Fresno also holds community events aimed at engaging and educating community members about health and medical issues and empowering participants to improve their own health with information and free screenings. In addition, through a partnership with central San Joaquin Valley dentists, UCSF Fresno also offers Continuing Dental Education (CDE) courses approved by the Dental Board of California and the Academy of General Dentistry. Courses are offered virtually each month. UCSF Fresno offered 22 continuing medical education (CME) and community events between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023. Three of these were new educational events, hosted in a hybrid format (in-person and online via Zoom webinar). Over 2,000 people attended the CME, CDE and community events, including online global participants for some events. 30
UCSF Fresno Continuing Education and Community Events 2022–2023 EVENT
DATE
FORMAT
DEPARTMENT
ATTENDEES
UCHMC Symposium
9/8– 9/9/2022
Hybrid
Internal Medicine (IM)
86
Air Pollution
9/17/2022
Hybrid
IM
211
Mini Med School (Community Event)
Thursdays 10/6– 10/27/2022
Virtual
Emergency Medicine (EM)
700
Liver Expo (Community Event)
10/2/2022
Hybrid
IM
228 70
Health Equity
11/9/2022
Hybrid
Family and Community Medicine (FCM)/ Diversity Committee
Women’s Heart Fair (Community Event)
2/25/2023
Hybrid
IM
217
Multidisciplinary Update
3/17– 3/18/2023
Hybrid
IM
158
Health Disparities Summit
3/24/2023
Hybrid
Surgery
117
Wilderness Medicine
5/2– 5/4/2023
InPerson
EM
65
Cardiology in the Valley
5/13/2023
Hybrid
IM
100
Continuing Dental Education Programs
Monthly
Virtual
Dentistry
375
TOTALS
2327
