The Texas Academy of Family Physicians is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

A planning committee consisting of members of the Texas Academy of Family Physicians Commission on Continuing Professional Development meets twice a year to discuss the curriculum for TAFP symposia. Topics selected by the committee are based on unmet educational needs determined through previous activities' evaluation results, member requests, biannual educational needs assessment survey of TAFP members, updated practice guidelines, and literature reviews.

TAFP activities are designed to educate physicians and other primary care health care providers.  Our evaluation survey allows particpants to provide feedback that illustrates we have achieved our goals of updating medical knowledge, enhancing clinical skills and supporting professional development.  We employ the following activity assessments for our activities:

1. Use of an Audience Response System during the live activity
• Questions are asked throughout the presentation to assess learning
2. On-site activity evaluation
• The on-site activity evaluation is required to be completed by participants in order for them to receive CME credit. This evaluation has participants assess the following:
• Will participants implement the educational objectives into their practice?
• Did this educational activity provide information that will improve the participants' clinical skills?
• Did this educational activity address barriers to the participants' optimal patient management?
• Did this educational activity enhance the participants' professional effectiveness in treating patients?
• Did this educational activity result in a change in the participants' practice behavior?
• Did the speaker communicate effectively?
• Were particpants adequately informed of the speaker disclosure, was any bias detected and if so, what factors did the participants believe contribute to the bias?
• What new information did participants learn from this activity?
• What three things are participants going to do as a result of this activity?
• What barriers exist within the participants' practice that may prevent them from successfully making changes?
3. Post Program Outcomes Assessment - Translation to Practice (t2p)
• Post-program outcomes assessment will be conducted through the American Academy of Family Physicians pilot program Translation to Practice.  T2p offers learners the opportunity to apply what they learned in the CME activity, and report back on how the learning translated into practice. For completing t2p, learners are awarded 2 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

TAFP has a shared responsibility with the granting company in complying with all applicable standards and guidelines regulating commercially supported CME. TAFP's responsibility can be effectively exercised through due diligence in its program planning to reflect independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, lack of commercial bias, and the highest educational value.

To ensure the above qualities, TAFP mandates that the Commission on Continuing Professional Development oversee the content of the CME activities. These members approve or reject content and speakers based on the above qualities. Moderators for the general session come from this committee whose members evaluate the CME content and compliance.

TAFP enforces its full disclosure policy so that all faculty disclose any real or perceived conflicts of interest. TAFP maintains sole control of the faculty, content, and budget for the activity.