About Me

Derek Warnick

Principal, D. Warnick Consulting
The CME Guy
www.theCMEguy.com

Email: dwarnick@theCMEguy.com
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Summary of Qualifications

CME professional experienced in regulatory guidelines and adult education program development, with a specific interest in the application of new technologies, Web 2.0 tools, and social media platforms in CME. A demonstrated talent for analyzing problems, developing and simplifying procedures, and finding innovative solutions.

CME Experience

Aug 2008 – Jan 2012    
Curatio CME Institute    
Exton, PA
CME Director

• Managed all CME accreditation matters related to Curatio’s educational activities. Responsible for ensuring the educational integrity of all activities.
• Directed Curatio’s successful ACCME reaccreditation effort for the November 2009 cohort. Wrote or edited all sections of the Self Study report. Compiled and labeled all files for the Performance-in-Practice review. (Read press release)
• Member of Senior Management team charged with business development and outlining future direction of Curatio
• Created the program framework for Curatio’s initial foray into Point of Care (Examples 1, 2, 3) and Performance Improvement CME
• Part of development teams that created innovative educational activities such as Path of the Patient (an interactive, Internet-based activity that takes learners through a series of patient visits throughout the course of the patient’s illness) and Up to the Minute (provides quick and timely updates of relevant meeting coverage)
• Reviewed and edited CME grant proposals, focusing on relationship between the gap analysis, needs assessment, learning objectives, desired outcomes, and the program
• Developed pre-, post-, and follow-up surveys based on Moore’s Levels of Outcomes for measuring outcomes of educational activities format

Sept 2006 – Aug 2008    
NCCN
Fort Washington, PA
Continuing Education Program Manager

• Responsible for all CME & CNE accreditation matters related to NCCN’s educational activities
• Oversaw CME/CNE certification of live half-day programs, five-day annual conference, archived webcasts and podcasts, monographs, and multiple episodes of Discovery Health’s CME series
• Managed the international adaptation of NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for China, Japan, Korea, and the U.A.E.
• Created online conflict of interest process for faculty and guidelines panel members
• Developed, reviewed, and/or edited all grant proposals, LOA’s, program objectives, needs assessments, evaluations, and post-tests related to continuing education activities
• Led NCCN’s application for reaccreditation to the ACCME for the July 2009 cohort
• Wrote NCCN’s successful application for provider approval to the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association

Oct 2000 – Sept 2006  
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia, PA
Senior CME Associate

• Created the Jefferson Medical College Office of Continuing Medical Education (JMC-CME) website with the Department of Information Technology. The website averaged over 4 thousand hits per month. (Formatting is slightly different now, but structure is similar to version I created)
• Oversaw the development of online educational case studies with topics ranging from cervical pathology to diabetes treatment. Designed JeffETC, which enables activity participants to retrieve their continuing education certificates via the JMC-CME website. CME representative on planning committee for a series of live surgery webcasts.
• Key member in JMC’s 2006 ACCME Reaccreditation Self Study. Wrote Self Study sections for Essentials 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, and 2.4. Received Accreditation with Commendation with Exemplary Compliance in Essentials 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.5, 3.1, and 3.3B.
• Created online process for activity proposal submission and review
• Coordinated CME conferences from “soup to nuts” for audiences ranging in size from less than ten to more than 200

Social Media Experience

• Managed all of Curatio’s social media outlets including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and SlideShare
• A founding member and moderator of #CMEchat, a weekly Twitter chat for CME professionals to discuss the science of continuing medical education
  • Archive of past #CMEchat’s
  • What is #CMEchat?

Brian McGowan

Lawrence Sherman

Derek Warnick

• #CMEchat TOTD (A summary of key quotes from past #CMEchat’s)

• Created and maintain the blog Confessions of a Medical Educator as a means to advocate, educate, and learn from the CME community
• Established The CME Guy Facebook page as a means to share and interact with the CME community
• Guest writer on KevinMD blog  for issues related to CME community
  • Bias in CME due to the presence of commercial support is overrated
  • The CME community is late to adopt social media
  • Reducing industry support of CME has unspoken consequences

Presentations

• Innovations in Learning Tools: Can You Tweet the QR Code for Your App?
  To be presented at the 37th Annual Alliance for CME Conference, January 2012
  

• Social Media for the CME Professional (handout)
  Lead roundtable discussion for the National Association of Medical Education Companies (NAMEC) member meeting at the 22nd Annual Conference of the National Task Force on CME Provider/Industry Collaboration, September 2011

• Applying the CACME Risk Stratification Process to Mitigate Potential Non-compliance with ACCME Standards for Commercial Support: An interactive workshop
  Presented at the 35th Annual Alliance for CME Conference, January 2010

• Web-based RSC: Managing RSC and Related Conflict of Interest Issues Using a Unique Tracking System
  Poster presentation at the 32nd Annual Alliance for CME Conference, January 2007

• The Jefferson COI Process: Online, On Time, and Stratified
  Presented at the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education Spring 2006 Meeting.

• Performance Monitoring System: A Management Tool for Individual Activities and Overall Quality Improvement
  Poster presentation at the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education Spring 2006 Meeting

• Web-based RSC: Managing the Nightmares Using a Unique Tracking System
  Poster presentation at the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education Spring 2006 Meeting

• Basics of the Audience Response System: Some Tips and Techniques for Using the ARS as an Effective Teaching Tool
  Presented at the 28th Annual Alliance for CME Conference, February 2003

Education

1996–1999
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

• B.S. and M.S., Physical Therapy
• Graduated Magna Cum Laude