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0816_SHSO_What Qualifies as Scholarly Activity _Live

November 20, 2025

Description: 

This 60-minute faculty development session, “What Qualifies as Scholarly Activity,” will provide Sutter Health GME faculty with a clear, practical understanding of what the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) considers scholarly activity. The session will break down different types of scholarship—from case reports to randomized controlled trials—using real examples across multiple specialties (Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Surgery, Psychiatry, Family Medicine). It will also focus on how to transform Quality Improvement (QI) projects into scholarly output, enabling faculty to meet ACGME requirements while improving clinical practice. Faculty will leave with practical frameworks, tools, and examples to initiate their own scholarly projects.
 

Target Audience

Physicians (MD or DO)

Other Healthcare Professionals

Students of Health Professions

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this learning activity, participants should be able to:
1. Identify the various types of scholarly activity recognized by ACGME and their key components.
2. Apply discipline-appropriate examples of scholarly activity (case reports, retrospective studies, QI projects, etc.) to their own clinical and educational settings.
3. Design and plan a QI project that can be converted into a scholarly activity.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

    Physician Credit 

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

     

  • 1.00 Non-Physician Participation Credit

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 Non-Physician Participation Credit. Non-Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.

     

Course opens: 
11/20/2025
Course expires: 
12/20/2025
Event starts: 
11/20/2025 - 5:00pm PST
Event ends: 
11/20/2025 - 6:00pm PST
Rating: 
0

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.   

– Provider Designee/Verification: Fozia Ferozali, Ed.D. 

Planner(s)

John Dodson, MA, CPTD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Anthony Lucero, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Sylvia Sudat, PhD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Anthony Lucero, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Sylvia Sudat, PhD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Credit Designation Statement

Sutter Health designates this LIVE activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Note to Other Disciplines: Non-Physician Participant Credit (AKA - AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™) Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.

 

Attendance & Credit Claiming

Text the 6-letter attendance verification code to (916) 866-7913 to claim credit.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit

    Physician Credit 

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

     

  • 1.00 Non-Physician Participation Credit

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 1.00 Non-Physician Participation Credit. Non-Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.

     

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