A collaborative platform for paperless relicensing
A collaborative platform for paperless relicensing
Anyone can sponsor premium subscription to reduce the carbon footprint of the re-licensing procedure and reduce the administrative burden of health care professionals.
To align with the policies of the principal accrediting bodies, we allow eligible companies to sponsor paid and free accredited content. Ineligible companies can give unrestricted grants to cover the expenses of free accredited content.
CMEPEDIA provides healthcare professionals of all categories with access to accredited educational modules. The content of these modules has been quality-controlled by independent professional bodies.
CE (Continuing Education) is still an out-of-pocket expense for healthcare professionals in India. As CMEPEDIA caters to super specialists in urban tertiary settings and accredited social health activists (ASHAs) in rural areas, the amount of money various healthcare professionals spend on continuing education varies widely.
CMEPEDIA offers the opportunity to sponsor educational modules for healthcare workers to close that gap.
Premium subscription allow healthcare professionals to keep track of their progress. They can re-license with their professional body in a paperless manner.
Compiling a portfolio with hard copies takes an average of 16 working hours. For Indian band 1 to band 3 health care workers (allopathic doctors, dentists and dental surgeons, nurses and midwives):
The number of band 1 to band 3: 5.348 million x 16 = 85.57 million (approximately) working hours are saved by moving to paperless registration. If these healthcare workers require 160 credits for every re-licensing, they must print off 160 hard copies for a manual application. Moving to paperless re-license would save 855.7 million sheets (approx.) of paper or 102,684 trees (approx.) in 5 years time
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In addition, submitting these applications to the respective professional bodies would save couriers 5.348 million trips. Any change to reduce the carbon footprint is welcome.
We continuously monitor the learning needs of our subscribers. You can sponsor paid content that is readily available in our system to help them reach their re-licensing target. To align with the policies of the principal accrediting bodies, we present these data only in groups and not on an individual level.
CMEPEDIA makes decisions regarding the receipt and disbursement of commercial support as follows:
We allocate your sponsorship to users who have added courses to their wishlists, as we are sure they are keen to study those modules that are financially out of their reach. Our system selects the cheapest course first. It prioritises healthcare professionals in low-budget settings. We ensure that each user receives sponsorship for one course before becoming eligible for sponsorship of an additional course.
The allocation of your funds is automated; no CMEPEDIA employee can manually override it. You will receive an overview of the allocation on your invoice. We cannot show the allocation before your payment, which might lead to a selection bias. If our sponsoring budget exceeds the number of wishes, we help healthcare professionals plan their course material and allocate it to courses matching their interests.
We notify healthcare professionals and give them one month to start studying. If they do not start within a month, the course will be matched with another healthcare professional in the CMEPEDIA community.
Healthcare professionals can reject courses that are proactively given to them. Those courses will be returned to the CMEPEDIA community within a month and matched again to another healthcare professional to ensure that your resources are not wasted.
We disclose the names of the companies providing the sponsorship and the nature of the support to the learners. We cannot allow ineligible companies to sponsor paid courses per the accreditation criteria.
We identify learning needs and produce cost-effective accredited content via Accrecent to fill the gap. Your sponsorship will be used to create content that is free to all. We accept sponsorship regardless of the amount contributed. CMEPEDIA makes all decisions regarding the receipt and disbursement of commercial support. However, we will be sure to give you a detailed report on the allocation of your sponsorship.
Per the accreditation criteria, we disclose to learners the names of the companies providing the sponsorship and the nature of the sponsorship.
CMEPEDIA values inclusive entrepreneurship. Please check our mission statement. You will note that CMEPEDIA charges a 15% redistribution rate to external content providers. We can keep our costs low as we have limited production costs, and we increase the impact of educational modules produced earlier for a smaller audience. In addition, we rely strongly on technology, work with flexible freelance staff and have zero outlay on board members. Efficiency is at the core of our business. As CMEPEDIA is a for-profit organisation, no tax benefit can be claimed for your sponsoring.
Your sponsorship will stretch even further. For every module you purchase, INR 15 (EUR 0.17, USD 0.18) is contributed to the CMEPEDIA fund, which assists authors in developing countries produce their content.
