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Mission StatementIn accordance with the University of Kentucky's education, research and service missions, UK HealthCare CECentral impacts the provision of health care in Kentucky and beyond by capitalizing on UK's world-class faculty and facilities as well as CECentral's technology and strategic partnerships. As part of a major academic medical center, CECentral pursues both system-wide health initiatives as well as focused clinical and educational interventions related to the needs of specific populations and health professionals with a focus on improved patient care. VisionUK HealthCare CECentral aims to be among the nation's premier providers of continuing professional development. Accordingly, we seek increasingly innovative and user-friendly methods of content delivery to assure healthcare professionals ready access to the information they need to improve their practices continuously. Purpose UK HealthCare CECentral provides continuing professional development designed to maintain and advance the competence and/or performance of healthcare professionals with the goals of improving patient safety, facilitating patient-centered care, and enhancing clinical outcomes through educational activities built on a platform of evidence-based medicine and adult learning principles. Content Areas The scope of CECentral activities spans the ACGME core competencies: patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism and systems-based practice. Content areas are derived from identified needs and practice gaps as well as learner feedback. Target Audience CECentral serves an inter-professional target audience of local, regional, national, and international physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals. Types of Activities CECentral provides directly- and jointly-sponsored activities with an emphasis on web-based access including:
As a result of participating in CECentral activities, healthcare professionals will improve their competence and/or performance by closing the gap between current practice and best practice. CECentral strives to make each activity results-focused beginning with identifying the gap, developing robust unbiased content, measuring outcomes and identifying new barriers. This cyclical process complements CECentral's mission to provide continued performance improvement responding to the needs of the learner. Generally, results are assessed through a mechanism for self-reported behavioral change and administered systematically for each activity. On occasion, the degree to which the health status of patients or a community of patients improves due to changes in healthcare professionals’ practice behavior and/or performance is assessed. Our LeadershipJames C. Norton, PhDAssociate Dean, College of MedicineDirector, UK HealthCare CECentral Carol M. PearcyAssociate Director, UK HealthCare CECentralAccreditation and Compliance Seth R. AndersonAssociate Director, UK HealthCare CECentralDistance Education and Technology About UK HealthCareEstablished in 1957, the Albert B. Chandler Medical Center of the University of Kentucky began providing health care services to eastern Kentucky with the opening of University Hospital early in the 1960's. Since then services have expanded to include health sciences, public health, dental and pharmacy patient care activities in Lexington, Kentucky, and in several off-site locations. More recently, clinical services were consolidated and reorganized as UK HealthCare better to address the needs of the Commonwealth and beyond. The physicians, residents, staff and students take pride in achieving excellence in patient care, education, research and community service. UK HealthCare draws upon the clinical expertise of the faculty in all six colleges - Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Health Sciences, Dentistry and Public Health - to advance patient care.About the University of KentuckyLocated in Lexington, the University of Kentucky is the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s flagship institution of higher education. As a land grant institution, the University is dedicated to enriching people’s lives through excellence in teaching, research and service and plays a critical leadership role for the state by promoting human and economic development that improves lives within Kentucky’s borders and beyond. The University consists of 16 colleges, plus the Graduate School. With 93 undergraduate programs, master’s degrees in 99 fields, doctoral degrees in 66 programs, and four professional programs, the colleges include: Agriculture, Arts and Sciences, Business and Economics, Communications and Information Studies, Dentistry, Design, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Health Sciences, Law, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Social Work. The University boasts more than 80 national rankings for academic excellence. Total enrollment is nearly 27,000 students, representing all Kentucky counties, every state in the nation, and 117 countries. In 2004 - 2005, the University conferred 6,272 degrees among its comprehensive academic programs. About 1,900 full-time faculty and 9,000 fulltime staff are employed by the University. The UK Chandler Medical Center, which opened in 1960, is considered one of the nation’s finest academic medical centers. The faculty, students and staff take pride in achieving excellence in education, patient care, research, and community service. As one of two Level 1 Trauma Centers in the state and the first healthcare facility in Central and Eastern Kentucky to obtain distinction as a Primary Stroke Center, UK Hospital cares for the most critically injured and ill patients in the region. The 473-bed UK Hospital and UK Children’s Hospital are supported by more than 500 faculty physicians and dentists, 400 resident physicians, and a staff of 3,200 health professionals committed to high-quality patient care. |
