AANS

AANS Joint Sponsorship Guidelines

DATA SOURCES

The ACCME requires data sources to show how you identified your professional practice gap. There are many sources of needs data that relate to professional practice gaps.  Data sources must be incorporated in the planning process / needs assessment documents. Please include data sources that are relevant to the actual learners of your activity.

Examples of data sources include:

• Expert opinion from faculty
• Measures required by government
• National guidelines
• Specialty guidelines
• Hospital QI information
• Research findings
• Previous activity evaluations
• Journal articles, etc.

Below is a listing of somepotential resources for data sources:

• Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education - www.acgme.org
• Agency for Healthcare and Research - www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epc/qgapfact.htm
• American Board of Medical Specialties - www.abms.org
• American Board of Neurological Surgeons - www.abns.org
• Food and Drug Administration - www.fda.gov
• Healthy People - www.healthypeople.gov
• National Guideline Clearinghouse - www.guidelines.gov
• Institute of Medicine of the National Academies - www.iom.edu
• Medical Product Safety Network - www.medsun.net
• Medicare Quality Improvement Community - www.qualitynet.org
• National Institutes of Health - www.nih.gov
• National Quality Forum - www.qualityforum.org