Rockpointe and AudioEducate launch first-ever accredited CME program on Amazon’s Echo

The CME provider Rockpointe launched the first CME-certified course ever offered on Amazon Echo through the AudioEducate platform with joint providers Potomac Center for Medical Education (PCME) and the Academy of Physicians in Clinical Research (APCR). The three-part series on the topic of patient informed consent is intended to give physicians a solid foundation from which to engage in clinical research.

In “Human Experimentation Part 1: What Entitles Physicians to Experiment on Fellow Humans?”, participants learn about the underpinnings that permit medical professionals to perform experiments on their fellow human beings. The program reviews how ethical principles have evolved in clinical research to arrive at the current regulations embodied in the FDA-mandated “Good Clinical Practice” regulations and the informed consent process.

In “Part 2: Pathway to the Medicine Industrial Compliance Complex,” Michael Koren, M.D., the CEO and director of the Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research and current APCR President, discusses the system of therapeutic development and the safeguards necessary when working with the industry. He also presents the requirements and conventions that have evolved through the FDA and others to protect patients and enhance the scientific integrity, public trust and, ultimately, the purposeful process of the clinical investigator that has led to innovation.

In “Part 3: Informed Consent: The Cornerstone of Medical Ethics,” Dr. Koren discusses the implementation and process of engaging in the informed consent process with patient recruits.

AudioEducate is an Amazon Alexa skill designed for delivering accredited and non-accredited education programs using the latest interactive audio technology. This skill is currently available in the Amazon store and enabled on any Alexa device or smartphone. APCR members already have the log-in and password required to access the course on an Alexa device; non-members will have to set up an account at App.AudioEducate.com.

“We adopted the AudioEducate platform into our offerings because many clinicians have limited time and resources and may be looking for an abridged but intuitive examination of current topics in medicine,” says Rockpointe’s founder and CEO Thomas Sullivan.

Each activity features a 15-20-minute program which can be created from existing or entirely new content. The programs teach education concepts, measure comprehension, and deliver references and accreditation documents to all learners who successfully complete each activity.

PCME designates each enduring activity for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit. CME credits must be claimed by June 25, 2019. These activities were planned and implemented without commercial support and in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). PCME is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. medadnews