Values of the Office of Continuing Professional Development in Medicine and Public Health

• UW/CPD is dedicated to improving the health of the public as a manifestation of an integrated school of medicine and public health.
• UW/CPD, in its affirmation of the Wisconsin Idea, is committed to provide lifelong learning opportunities in support of the continuing professional development of health workers in Wisconsin and beyond.
• UW/CPD is committed to integrity, ethical practices and professionalism in all its endeavors, especially related to resolution of conflict of interest.
• UW/CPD is dedicated to investigating the outcomes of its educational endeavors through scholarly research.
• UW/CPD allocates resources based on its mission and the potential to impact health in Wisconsin and beyond.
• UW/CPD – through its educational endeavors – embraces a health care delivery system in which there is an interdisciplinary synergy of health professionals that fosters both excellence in patient care and cost-effective utilization of resources.
• UW/CPD values the contribution of industry toward its activities, but demands independence in the development of the education it sponsors. This assures the profession and public that its activities are scientifically objective, fair & balanced and free of commercial bias.