Continuing Medical Education

The Biomedical Sciences Division and University Extension are pleased to announce accreditation for Continuing Medical Education (CME) through the California Medical Association.

• Biomedical research seminars
• Primary care and clinical program
• Managed care lectures
• Faculty/Professional Development Workshops

UC Riverside CME Mission Statement

Goals
The University of California, Riverside through its Division of Biomedical Science and University Extension and Summer Sessions provides continuing medical education to physicians through seminars, conferences and courses to make available current information regarding basic science, the practice of medicine and clinical research including ethics, faculty development, and issues of primary care that are critical to optimum patient care.

Scope
The scope of the CME effort shall extend to the Division of Biomedical Sciences physician faculty, practicing physicians and allied health professionals in the surrounding community and throughout California through educational programs of the highest quality.

Audience
The University serves the primary care physicians, medical specialists and multi-disciplinary professionals, and other medical providers as appropriate.

Activities
The general types of activities offered include single lectures, courses, workshops and seminars of varied duration that are designed to accommodate the needs of the audience served. Teaching methodology includes didactic, interactive, demonstration of techniques, panels and presentations.

UC Riverside CME Program Committee

• Co-chair: Stewart Shankel, M.D., Division of Biomedical Sciences
• Co-chair: Sharon A. Duffy, Ph.D., Acting Dean, University Extension and Summer Sessions; and Associate Dean, Graduate School of Education, UC Riverside
• CME Coordinator: Jennifer Campbell, B.S., Health Care Program Coordinator, UCR Extension
• CME Coordinator: Faye Dawson Brock, Student Affairs Office, UC Riverside Division of Biomedical Sciences

Members:

• Neal Bricker, M.D., Clinical Professor, UC Riverside, Division of Biomedical Sciences
• Craig Byus, Ph.D., UC Riverside, Division of Biomedical Sciences
• Lawrence Loo, M.D., Clinical Professor, UC Riverside, Division of Biomedical Sciences; Chairman, Medical Education Committee, Riverside General Hospital
• Susan E. Mackintosh, D.O., Assist. Public Health Officer, County of Riverside
• LeRoy Nattress, Ph.D., Eastside Health Center, Senior Programs Director, Riverside County
• Susan Van Holten, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, UC Riverside Division of Biomedical Sciences