City of Hope operates one of the top continuing medical education (CME) programs in the nation. The CME Program began in the 1950s when the school of Postgraduate Medicine first sponsored extramural conferences. Our first accreditation occurred under the aegis of the California Medical Association in 1978. We continued this statewide accreditation until our expanding national course offerings and reputation evolved into an application for national accreditation in 1997. In July 1999, we received a two-year provisional accreditation status through ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education). In 2001, we earned a 4-year ACCME accreditation status.

In February 2005, City of Hope’s CME Program underwent the ACCME’s rigorous quadrennial reaccreditation review and survey.  We were advised in July 2005 that we had been Reaccredited with Commendation with Exemplary Compliance demonstrated in 6 essential elements. This designation places our CME Program in the top 1 to 2 percent of CME program providers in the nation. We are also now listed as a “best practices” resource on the ACCME Web site under their Exemplary Compliance List.