Application Instructions

For additional information and assistance in planning your activity and completing the Project Planning Form, please call the CME office at 352‐733‐0064 (Gainesville) or 904‐244‐3158 (Jacksonville).

The Project Planning Form must be signed by the Department Chair and submitted at least four months in advance of the scheduled date of the activity in order to be placed on the agenda of the CME Advisory Committee for review. The Advisory Committee meets on the 2nd Wednesday on the month.

Brochures or other publications making reference to CME credit may not be distributed prior to the actual notification that such credit has been approved. Upon authorization from the UF College of Medicine CME Office, the program announcements must identify the program as a University of Florida College of Medicine CME activity and contain the official CME accreditation and credit statements.

Information regarding the length of the program is required. Please attach the program agenda showing topics, speakers, and times.

Only complete applications, with correct backup information, can be approved. Accreditation rules require that all activities:

  • Document a planning process that links the identified educational need or clinical practice gap with a desired result.
  • Show the use of needs assessment data in planning the activity.
  • Communicate the purpose/objectives of the activity to the learner prior to the activity.
  • Evaluate the extent to which the activity meets the identified learning needs.
  • Provide signed agreement(s) between the Department of Continuing Medical Education and all commercial support (if applicable).
  • Document that provider and faculty relationships with organizations having a commercial interest in the topic(s) are disclosed to the participants.
  • Document that commercial support is properly acknowledged.
  • Display the appropriate accreditation and credit statements on brochures, advertisements,
  • invitations, syllabi, and other materials printed for the activity.

Return the completed and signed form, along with a copy of the agenda, ALL disclosure declarations (from activity director, program planners, speakers, etc.), Letters of Agreement, and evaluation instruments to:

UF Gainesville CME Office
PO Box 100233
Gainesville, FL 32610‐0233
Fax: 352‐733‐0007
Email: cme-mail@ufl.edu

UF Jacksonville CME Office
2nd Floor Faculty Clinic
653 W. 8th Street
Jacksonville, FL 32209‐6511
Fax: 904‐244‐3989

Please only send one copy of the application, either via mail, fax, or email.