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With all of the changes taking place in health care today, you need an educational partner like Southern Medical Association (SMA) to design customized, high quality professional development for your team. Whether you prefer programming onsite or online, an hour long session, a full-day or weekend retreat based on clinical or non-clinical topics, SMA is your partner for custom CME designed to meet your specific requirements.

Southern Medical Association (SMA) has extensive experience in developing comprehensive activities based on adult learning principles and designed to change learners’ competency and performance. SMA is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose focused initiatives include advocacy, leadership, quality and professional identity.

SMA is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. At its last review, SMA was awarded “accreditation with commendation”, giving SMA an exemplary status as a CME provider. SMA is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Alabama State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

SMA currently designs and delivers educational activities in the following formats:

• The Southern Medical Journal – exclusively on-line website platform for the highest level of clinical information delivery.
• Live accredited conferences and seminars – successful annual conferences held throughout the U.S. and new programming based on-demand.
• On-demand and live webinars – practice-related and clinical topics for physicians and office staff.
• MedEd On-Demand Library – lectures featuring audio and synchronized Powerpoint slides captured at live conferences.

Choosing SMA guarantees you professional development dedicated to excellence in every aspect of CME.
For more information please call Kathy McLendon at 800-423-4992, ext. 144 or email kmclendon@sma.org.