About PER - Products & Services
At Physicians' Education Resource (PER), our comprehensive programs are designed utilizing advanced adult educational principles in order to ensure that key learning objectives are identified, measured, and achieved.
Self-Directed and Lifelong Learning Programs
In addition to live meetings, PER publishes hundreds of print and Web-based educational activities in order to provide health care professionals with self-directed and on-demand learning. Publications include major meeting highlights, monographs, literature overviews, case studies, and supplements. Moreover, a variety of online-exclusive, innovative, oncology CME programs are available in several formats, thus providing learners with educational opportunities that best suit their learning style. For example, Integrated Oncology Learning and Communities of Oncology Practice were developed to take advantage of innovative methodologies to allow for collaborative and blended learning whereby interaction is stimulated, learning is fostered, new knowledge is gained, and best practices are identified and shared.
Online Activities
Integrated Oncology Learning—Pathways to Practice Improvement: A curriculum-based program consisting of one or more modules comprising related activities developed by a diverse team of experts in a variety of presentation formats.
- CME-designated interactive case studies (clinical scenarios)
- OncoLogue™
- Expert interviews
- On-demand videos and podcasts of live events
- CME-certified newsletters
- Live events
Communities of Oncology Practice: A series of CME-certified activities combining e-learning technology with instructor-led training and providing opportunities for educational activities and social networking at the local and regional level.
Live Course:
- Moderator-conducted interview of an expert on his/her approach to patient management followed by a discussion open to the audience
- Case-based workshop
- Evidence-based summary
- Online discussion forums and social networking
Online Course:
- On-demand video from live course
- Interactive Case Studies
OncoLogue™: An online learning series initiating dialogue between learners and leading oncology experts
- CME-certified online publication
- Learners are asked to submit questions and clinical scenarios on the topic of the online publication for posting on the Web site.
- On-demand online interview with an expert addressing the learner-submitted questions
Interactive case studies: CME-designated, online-exclusive interactive clinical scenarios
Virtual Tumor Boards and Grand Rounds: Developed in partnership with leading universities, associations, networks, and practices, an online learning series patterned after the traditional academic live format to provide the learner with highly focused expert updates and commentaries on current standards of therapy and evolving cancer care.
e-Lerts: Brief discussions by experts of key presentations from society meetings available as audio recordings with optional slide sets.
Expert Interviews: Video presentations of dialogues by experienced faculty on the practical applications of and challenges brought about by recently reported practice-changing data.
On-Demand Webcasts and Podcasts: Archived videos from live events available on the Web or downloadable and portable.
Print and online publications
CME-designated newsletters:
- Early results publications
- Clinical scenarios
- Mature results publications
- Journal clubs
Meeting highlights:
- CME-designated summaries written by leading experts in the field
Multimedia publications, including CD-ROMs, from PER meetings
Live Meetings
In 2009, PER will provide over 100 live meetings comprising an impressive portfolio of programs ranging from international congresses to local community-based meetings, including:
Worldwide Multiday Congresses
Twenty-two multiday CME-designated meetings with 40-50 faculty and 8-15 supporters dedicated to educating health care providers on various diseases, treatments, and management as well as other topics of current interest:
By disease type:
- Solid tumors: breast; colorectal; lung and head & neck; melanoma; prostate, kidney, bladder; ovarian
- Hematologic malignancies: leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes, myeloproliferative disorders
By treatments and management:
- Targeted therapies and monoclonal antibodies
- Long-term management of patients undergoing stem cell transplantation
- Supportive care
By topics:
- "Oncology Nursing and Pharmacy"
- "Clinical Challenges in Cancer Medicine for Community Oncologists (Fall Oncology)"
- "Health Care Quality & Improvement Systems"
- "Community Oncology Research"
Regional Meetings and Satellite Symposia
Fifty-one US-based regional 1/2- to 1-day CME-designated meetings with 10-15 faculty and 6-12 supporters
Ten international 1/2- to 1-day meetings
Sole-supported satellite meetings with optional live interactive Webcasts, including over 15 symposia at major congresses and global meetings
Local Meetings
PER offers 2 distinct types of Local Meetings:
Community Evening Meetings
- Two-hour highly interactive CME-designated programs with audience participation facilitated by case-based discussions and question-and-answer sessions
- Designed to update medical oncologists and hematologists on recent clinical trial data impacting physician practice
Nationally Broadcast Innovative Learning Programs
- CME-designated meetings intended for practicing community oncologists nationally broadcast in high definition simultaneously to audiences in local restaurants throughout the country
- Features interactive participation with each site, including live question transmission from all locations