09/05/2022    Alan Sherman, DPM

In-Person Requirement for CE? (Daniel Chaskin, DPM)

The two letters from Drs. Chaskin and Name Withheld
(FL) regarding the “In-Person Requirement for CE?”
were usefully provocative and raise interesting
points. I fail to see what is better or more
desirable in general about live delivered lectures
as far as their educational impact and professional
improvement effectiveness. In general, the ability
to view on-demand lectures in portions and at times
most suitable to the learner’s attention, and the
ability to rewind and review sections, makes them a
more effective education experience. I ask PM News
readers – how much live TV do you watch? For me,
it is only sports, as I am more “entertained” by
the excitement of it being live. Everything else, I
record and watch on demand. Why are we dealing with
CME lectures differently?

Yes, lectures by our favorite teachers can be
entertaining for some of us and I do enjoy and
appreciate the “excitement” factor in attending
live lectures, whether streamed into my home or in-
person and certainly a live Q&A session allows us
all to learn from others’ questions. But we are
professionals and should not be required to attend
live lectures like school children, in the 21st
century. There is diversity in the nationwide
community of podiatrists as far as learning style
and personal preference and I think that we should
provide for that diversity by allowing free choice
in how we fulfill all of our CME requirement.

We should all examine the parties in power making
this requirement and question whether the
distinction being made between recorded on-demand
CME lectures and delivered live lectures is
partisan and self-serving. We at PRESENT offer all
forms of CME, live in-person and virtual
conferences, as well as on-demand lectures and
allow our customers choose which forms they use.

Alan Sherman, DPM, CEO, PRESENT e-Learning Systems

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