Anyone can sponsor premium memberships 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 major accrediting bodies, we allow the sponsoring for accredited content, ready made or planned, to be done only by unrestricted companies or individuals.
Click here to check if you are eligible for unrestricted sponsorship.
CMEPEDIA provides the opportunity for healthcare professionals of all categories to have access to accredited educational modules. The content of these modules has been quality controlled by independent professional bodies.
CE is still a matter of out-of-pocket payment 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 spent by various healthcare professionals on continuing education varies widely.
CMEPEDIA offers the opportunity to sponsor educational modules for healthcare workers to close that gap.
We continuously monitor the learning needs of our subscribers. You can sponsor paid content which is readily available in our system to help them reach their re-licensing target.
You can view their learning needs here.
We present these data only and not on individual learners to align with the policies of the major accrediting bodies.
Following the accreditation criteria, we let learners know the names of the companies providing the sponsorship and the nature of the support.
CMEPEDIA makes decisions regarding the receipt and disbursement of commercial support as follows: first, we allocate your sponsoring to users who have added courses to their wishlists, as we are sure they are keen to study those modules which are financially out of their reach. If our sponsoring budget exceeds their wishes, we allocate it to courses matching the interests of healthcare professionals working in low-budget settings.
We identify learning needs and help content providers to produce cost-effective accredited content to fill the gap. Your sponsorship will be used to create content which will be free for all.
Per the accreditation criteria, we disclose to learners the names of the companies providing the sponsorship and the nature of the sponsorship. 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.
CMEPEDIA sets a standard deadline of a month for the completion of a sponsored educational module. if a CMEPEDIA user does not meet the deadline, the module will be forwarded to another CMEPEDIA user until it is completed. That way, CMEPEDIA assures you that your sponsoring will serve its purpose.
The healthcare worker can set their own sponsoring preferences. They can accept sponsoring or opt to forward them to CMEPEDIA users of their choice.
CMEPEDIA values inclusive entrepreneurship. You'll be able to look at our mission statement and pricing considerations here. You will note that CMEPEDIA charges a 15% redistribution rate. 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 organization, no tax benefit can be claimed for your sponsoring.
Your sponsoring will stretch even a little further. For every module you purchase, INR 10 (EUR 0.15, USD 0.15) is contributed to the CMEPEDIA fund, which assists authors in developing countries produce their content.