Welcome
Welcome to the Office of Continuing Medical Education. We support physicians and healthcare professionals through high-quality accredited education, streamlined planning processes, and meaningful learning experiences designed to advance clinical excellence, professional growth, and lifelong learning.
How We Help
Whether you are planning an educational activity or participating in one, we make it easier to access accredited programs, meet licensure requirements, and stay current in your field.
Popular Starting Points
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Planning a CME activity? Access guidelines, templates, accreditation requirements, and step-by-step support for developing high-quality educational programs.
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Claiming CME credit? Find instructions for registration, attendance verification, and certificate retrieval.
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Accreditation & compliance: Learn about ACCME standards, disclosure requirements, and maintaining independence in continuing education.
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Professional development programs: Explore grand rounds, workshops, conferences, and enduring materials designed to strengthen clinical practice and leadership.
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Educational outcomes & impact: Tools and resources to measure learning effectiveness and improve future programming.
About the CME Office
Mission Statement
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Purpose
To advance the competence, performance and patients outcomes of physicians and health care professionals to deliver the highest quality services by participating in ACCME-accredited educational activities.
Content areas
The content of educational activities reflects core competencies defined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, systems-based practice), Institute of Medicine (patient-centered care, evidence based practice, quality improvement, interdisciplinary teams, informatics), and American Board of Medical Specialties (professional standing, commitment to lifelong learning, cognitive expertise, and performance in practice). The content of CME is that body of knowledge, and skills generally recognized and accepted by the profession as within the basic medical sciences, the discipline of clinical medicine, and the provision of health care to the public.
Target audience
The target audience is the faculty of WSU BSOM and the physicians and health care providers of our community in Southwest Ohio and contiguous region and include multiple size groups from small (6-12) to large (50+) participants.
Types of activities
Educational activities include lectures, case conferences, small group discussions, and self-study activities that are designed to engage learners in professional improvement. Activities encompass regularly occurring, episodic and one time only programs.
Expected results
As a result of participating in sponsored educational activities, physicians and health care providers will make evidence-based clinical decisions, use up-to-date therapies, and improve health care outcomes to benefit patients, their families and the communities of Southwest Ohio. Our activities will develop a culture of lifelong learning and improve competence among our constituent physicians and health care providers.
My CME and Transcript Request
With the CloudCME app you can access your profile, evaluations, transcripts, certificates, browse CME activities, record your attendance and more!
Get Started with CloudCME
- Download the CloudCME app:
- Enter organization code: premierhealth
- Choose Create Account or Login,and login using your email address and password
Meet the Team
We’re here to help you stay current, meet licensure and certification requirements, and engage in meaningful educational experiences that strengthen your practice and improve patient outcomes.
Katherine M. Hertlein, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development
Biography:
Katherine M. Hertlein, PhD, is a nationally recognized scholar whose research and writing focus on the intersection of couple and family therapy, technology, and emerging applications of artificial intelligence in clinical practice and training. Grounded in systemic and relational theory, her scholarship examines how technology, health systems, and sociocultural forces shape relationships, family functioning, and therapeutic processes.
She is widely known for foundational frameworks on technology and relationships, addressing issues such as intimacy in couples, high conflict couples, online infidelity, digital secrecy, boundary shifts, and technology-mediated betrayal, with an emphasis on translating complex technological change into clinically useful insights and techniques. More recently, her work has expanded to critically examine artificial intelligence in mental health care, supervision, and education, emphasizing ethics, relational integrity, power, and preservation of the therapeutic relationship.
A former Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Hertlein has also published extensively on professional identity, training, telebehavioral health competencies, and clinical assessment. Her scholarship bridges theory, research, and practice, contributing to national and interdisciplinary conversations about ethics, innovation, and the future of relational healthcare.
Role highlights:
- Strategic leadership for vision, design, and implementation of high-quality continuing medical education initiatives that advance clinical competence and align with the institution’s academic mission and health system priorities.
- Oversight of accreditation and regulatory compliance
- Leads cross-disciplinary partnerships with faculty, clinicians, and external stakeholders to develop evidence-based education, while measuring learner outcomes, practice change, and impact on patient care quality.
Contact Details
- Email: katherine.hertlein@wright.edu
- Phone: 702-280-6057
Bhavya Mallur Challappan
Continuing Medical Education Coordinator
Role highlights:
- Coordinates the planning and execution of accredited CME activities, managing timelines, documentation, speaker logistics, learner registration, and on-site or virtual event support to ensure seamless delivery.
- Maintains compliance with ACCME standards and institutional policies by preparing activity files, managing disclosure collection, tracking commercial support documentation, and supporting accreditation reporting and audits.
- Oversees learner credit recording and transcript management while serving as a primary point of contact for faculty, planners, and participants regarding CME policies, credit issuance, and system navigation.
Email: bhavya.mallurchallappan@wright.edu
For further contact:
Email our office at: som_cme@wright.edu
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