Clinician Resources

Featured opportunities

OHSU Continuing Professional Development handles the planning and administration of the following CME activities. Click on the links below to view detailed course information, brochures, and registration forms.

September 10-11 | 21^st Annual Northwest Regional Hospital Medicine Conference - Hood River, Oregon
October 8-11 | 27^th Annual Oregon Geriatrics Society Conference - Sunriver Resort, Oregon
October 22-23 | 20^th Annual Doernbecher Pediatric Review - Sentinel Hotel, Portland

Call for Abstracts: 58th Annual Primary Care Review

Clinicians, educators, researchers, and healthcare professionals are invited to submit abstracts for the upcoming Primary Care Review. Share innovative practices, quality improvement initiatives, research findings, and educational strategies that advance primary care and improve patient outcomes. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your work, contribute to the field, and engage with colleagues from across the healthcare community.

Submit your abstract by September 30

Additional resources

Patient Care & Clinical Skills training

Compass is OHSU's Learning Management system that catalogs a wide array of educational offerings available to OHSU clinicians. Topics include Epic, infection control, performance improvement, and more.
Time: Variable, ranging from short online modules to multi-day in-person trainings
Cost: Free

OHSU Performance Excellence System

The OHSU Performance Excellence System is the way in which OHSU strives to deliver excellence for our patients, today and tomorrow. Topics include: OPEx overview, OPEx Daily Management System, OPEx problem solving, and Change Acceleration Process.
Time: Classes range from 75 minutes to two and a half days.
Cost: Free

Continuing medical education

There are a broad range of CME offerings available right at OHSU. There are over 50 grand rounds series offered throughout the year, numerous online CME options, as well as a number of day long and multi-day conferences.
Time: Offerings range from 30 minutes to four and a half days.
Cost: Variable, based on course, with many options being available for fre

MedEd Moments

The MedEd Moments Series was designed and created by dedicated faculty development specialists in the UAB Dept. of Medicine to be widely applicable across the profession. Through a series of learning vignettes, MedEd Moments addresses important and often unmet needs in topic areas including: Setting Expectations, Giving Feedback, Teaching Procedures, Improving the Learning Climate, and Enhancing Evaluations.

Medical specialty societies

Your societies often have resources to improve your clinical practice.

Control Chart Education

Learn how to use statistical process control charts to make better decisions with data.
Time: Options range from four hours, to a 20 hour (10 session) course. Contact Ken DeVane atdevane@ohsu.edu if you are interested in applying to attend one of the courses.
Cost: Free

Avel Gordly Center for Healing

The Avel Gordly Center for Healing provides trainings for healthcare and social service providers about sensitive and culturally responsive treatment for African-Americans.
Fill out the Request Outreach or Training form and send it to agch@ohsu.edu to get in contact about training and outreach.

Point of Care Ultrasound Champion Program

The Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Champion Program is a one-year certificate program, supported by OHSU's SoM Office of Faculty Development, designed to help faculty develop proficiency in the use of bedside ultrasound in their clinical practice. Through a mix of didactic education, hands-on scanning workshops, image review sessions, and real-time expert guidance, this novel curriculum aims to build the knowledge and skills essential to use POCUS effectively both in clinical care and to develop as future POCUS educators.
Yearly cohorts run from September - June.