Four-credits-per-hour in Florence?
Vacation CME has significant advantages over local CME
Let's explore the case for four-credit-per-hour CME!
1. Better learning. With incredible consistency, physicians report learning much more from CME held in vacation destinations. Want proof? Skim these 100+ endorsements from your Canadian colleagues.
2. Rejuvenation. Most Canadian physicians are in some stage of burnout, worsening the quality of care they deliver, and increasing healthcare costs (Fralick & Flegel, 2014). We all benefit when our doctors are healthy.
3. Cultural learning. Many CBT Canada destinations provide unique opportunities to gain a deeper appreciation of other cultures. In Canada's increasingly multicultural society, that directly impacts the quality of medical care.
4. Long-lasting social benefits. Over half of Canadian physicians feel their family relationships are suffering because of their profession (ibid), and many doctors feel lonely (Rogers, 2016). Vacation CME provides terrific opportunities to enrich existing relationships—and to make some new friends.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Although realistically we won't be seeing 4:1 CME anytime soon, if you're planning on taking a vacation anyway, your accountant will likely advise it be vacation CME. When that vacation CME is three-credits-per-hour CME, the bottom-line savings are very significant (calculations).
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