CME Connect News
November 20, 2025: Now Open: Call for Proposals for New Continuing Education Programs – Deadline Monday, December 15, 2025
Dear School of Medicine Faculty,
The UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) is now accepting proposals for new continuing education programs to be scheduled in our upcoming programming calendar. UCSF faculty are invited to submit innovative proposals for in-person, virtual, or hybrid courses that reflect the evolving needs of today’s healthcare workforce.
Due to high demand for OCME planning and administrative services, proposals will be reviewed through a competitive application process this year.
This is an exciting opportunity to reimagine the delivery of continuing education – integrating new learning modalities, fostering interprofessional collaboration, and creating meaningful engagement for learners across disciplines.
What We Are Looking For
Proposed programs should be:
- Innovative and learner-centered: Addressing current and emerging trends in medicine, science, and health care delivery.
- Interprofessional: Encouraging collaboration across clinical disciplines and professional roles.
- Financially viable: Featuring realistic budgets and sustainable program design
- Collaborative: Developed in partnership with OCME’s planning, marketing, registration, and accreditation teams
- Compliant: Aligned with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) accreditation standards
- Planned in advance: Ideally submitted 12 months prior to the intended course date to ensure adequate time for contracting, planning, and execution
How to Submit Your Proposal
- Review the proposal evaluation rubric
- Prepare your proposal, including:
- Program title and topic area
- Educational need or gap the activity will address
- Intended audience and anticipated learner outcomes
- Proposed format (in-person, virtual, or hybrid)
- Financial goals and high-level budget considerations
- Submit your program proposal via the UCSF OCME Course Proposal Submission Formby 9:00 am on Monday, December 15, 2025.
- Next steps: Proposals will be reviewed by OCME faculty and staff using the rubric. Authors of the highest-ranked submissions will be invited to discuss program development.
- UCSF does not use race, gender, sex, or other protected categories or proxies for protected categories in the selection process
Why partner with UCSF OCME?
By developing your course through UCSF OCME, you will have access to:
- Expert guidance in accreditation and compliance with evolving CME standards.
- Full-service event management, marketing, and registration support.
- Strategic consultation on financial models, pricing, and audience engagement.
- A trusted platform recognized for excellence in academic continuing education programming.
Submit Your Program Proposal Today!
Help shape the next generation of continuing education at UCSF.
Join us in advancing innovation, collaboration, and excellence in lifelong learning for health care professionals.
For questions or assistance with your submission, please contact:
Rachel Lupole, MEd, CE Portfolio Manager, Continuing Medical Education
Submit Your Program Proposal Today
July 28, 2025: UCSF Health Named Among Nation’s Best for 2025-2026
‘US News & World Report’ ranks UCSF Medical Center as No. 1 adult hospital (tied) in California, the best in California for cancer and neurology care, and among the nation’s leaders in 13 specialty areas.
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/07/430416/ucsf-health-named-among-nations-best-2025-2026
June 6, 2025: Introducing CloudCME: A New Platform for Continuing Education at UCSF
Dear Colleagues,
I am excited to share that this summer, the UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education will launch CloudCME – a new platform designed to provide a faster, easier, and more personalized continuing education experience for learners, faculty, and program administrators.
This transition reflects our continued commitment to advancing lifelong learning and professional development across UCSF.
What You Can Expect:
For Continuing Education Learners:
- Personalized dashboard with one-click access to certificates and transcripts (UCSF participants can use MyAccess single sign-on)
- Streamlined registration and convenient payment options
- Searchable activity calendar – filter by specialty, credit type, or format
- Mobile app to register, view content, sign in, complete evaluations, claim credit, and download certificates
For Continuing Education Course Faculty and Administrators:
- Centralized credit application and submission workflows
- Streamlined faculty disclosures, reminders, and presentation tracking
- Improved registration tracking and reporting tools
- Automated and customizable course listings
- Free integrated mobile conference app
- Single sign-on access via UCSF MyAccess
Stay up to date with our Continuing Education (CE) Platform updates
We’ll be sharing more details and training opportunities in the coming weeks to support a smooth transition. Thank you for your continued partnership in delivering high-quality continuing education at UCSF.
Thank you,
Lorriana Leard, MD
Associate Dean for Continuing Medical Education
May 2, 2025: New Application Submission Deadlines
Dear CME Administrators,
This summer, the Office of CME will transition our CE Portal, registration, and online learning platforms to a single system hosted by CloudCME. This change aims to simplify our processes and reporting, providing you with a centralized system to manage your activities.
Transition Timeline:
- Soft Launch: First whole week of July, our office will be accommodating activities starting during the summer in the new Cloud platform
- Migration Period: Throughout June, our office will migrate currently approved CME activities to the new Cloud platform.
Application Freeze:
To ensure a smooth transition to the new platform, there will be a freeze on credit application submissions between June 13 and June 30th. We will prioritize reviewing and approving credit requests submitted by May 12, 2025, to transition activities to CloudCME for the upcoming academic year. Please note: Applications submitted between May 13 and June 13 will be accepted but may not be approved in time for the July platform transition, which may result in a potential delay of your activity setup in the new system.
OCME Recommendations:
If your CE activity start dates allow, submit your credit request in the new Cloud platform after July 1. Training for the soft launch is currently under development based on the following migration schedule:
Live Activities (Courses, Webinars, Seminars):
- For courses ending before December 31, 2025, that have already been submitted, have an approved credit request application, and have opened their course registration, you can continue managing them as usual.
- If you are not actively promoting or accepting registrations before June 13, we recommend waiting to manage your activity in the new platform after July 1, 2025.
- All courses with end dates after January 1, 2026, will migrate to CloudCME post-launch.
- As such, you will submit new credit requests for conferences ending after January 1, 2026, in the new Cloud platform.
- Please note: Live series approved for 12 months should follow the RSS schedule below.
Regularly Scheduled Series (Grand Rounds, Tumor Boards, Case Conferences):
- All activities for the 2026 academic year will migrate to CloudCME post-launch for consistent and uninterrupted activity and faculty management.
- Credit requests approved before June 13, 2025, will migrate automatically. Post-June 13 approvals need manual setup in CloudCME.
- Credit requests after May 12 must wait to be submitted in the new platform by your designated course administrator.
Enduring Materials (On-Demand, Online Courses):
- Submissions for renewing online courses will not be accepted after May 12 until the July go-live date.
- Online courses expiring before December 31, 2025, will remain in the current platform and transition to CloudCME later for record-keeping and reporting.
- Online courses expiring after January 1, 2026, will migrate between July 2025 and January 2026. Migration dates and cutoff for new enrollments in the current platform will be communicated.
Financial Disclosure:
Financial disclosure information will not transition to CloudCME. Faculty will need to re-disclose when assigned to courses or sessions. All faculty disclosures will take place in the new CloudCME platform. More information and training opportunities will be available soon.
Summary of Key Dates:
- May 12, 2025: Last day to submit credit request applications in CE Portal/HighMarks for automatic migration to CloudCME.
- June 13, 2025: CE credit application freeze begins; last date to submit credit requests in HighMarks until July.
- June 9 – June 30th, 2025: Migration of approved activities for the 2026 academic year to CloudCME.
- July 1, 2025: Early access to manage activities ending after February 1, 2026.
- December 31, 2025: Continue managing conferences as usual if they end before this date, if your credit request and course registration are already established. Please be prepared to submit and manage activities in CloudCME starting in July for those ending after this date, and/or if credit requests and registration are not already established.
- January 1, 2026: Submit and manage activities beginning after this date in CloudCME.
- February 1, 2026: Cutover date for ALL activities to be submitted and managed in CloudCME.
- March 1, 2026: Decommissioning of current platforms; retrieve all historical data by February 28, 2026.
Thank you for your cooperation during this transition. We look forward to enhancing our processes with CloudCME. Please keep an eye out for upcoming communication from our office regarding Cloud CME training and important next steps.
Best regards,
Tymothi M. Peters
Director, Office of Continuing Medical Education
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