CMEgenius™ vs. Thinkific - The Superior Choice for CME Providers

That’s Genius: CMEgenius™ Excels Where Other LMS Platforms Fall Short for ACCME ACCREDITED ACTIVITIES

In today’s digital education landscape, platforms like Thinkific have empowered countless entrepreneurs, educators, and small businesses to create, market, and sell online courses with ease. Thinkific’s intuitive interface, comprehensive course-building tools, and built-in marketing features have made it a popular choice among those looking to monetize their knowledge. However, for Continuing Medical Education (CME) providers, there is a clear need for a more specialized platform that can handle the unique demands of medical education, including the rigorous requirements of ACCME accreditation. This is where CMEgenius™ excels.

Course Creation and User Experience

Thinkific is often praised for its drag-and-drop course builder, which allows users to quickly create courses without any coding knowledge. It supports a wide range of content formats, including video, audio, PDFs, and quizzes, making it versatile enough for various types of online education. However, CMEgenius™ offers a similarly intuitive course creation experience but with a distinct focus on medical education. The platform is designed to accommodate the specific needs of CME courses, ensuring that every feature is aligned with the standards required for medical education such as disclosure, ensuring content is valid and free from bias, and aimed at changing patient outcomes.

For CME providers, the ability to quickly and efficiently create accredited courses is paramount. CMEgenius™ simplifies this process by integrating accreditation management directly into the course creation workflow. This means that CME providers can focus on delivering high-quality content without worrying about the complexities of accreditation, a feature that Thinkific does not offer.

Accreditation Support

The most significant difference between Thinkific and CMEgenius™ lies in their support for accreditation. While Thinkific is excellent for general course creation and can be used by a wide range of educators, it lacks built-in support for CME accreditation—a critical feature for medical education providers. In contrast, CMEgenius™ is specifically designed to handle ACCME accreditation processes, making it the ideal platform for those offering CME courses. This built-in accreditation feature not only streamlines the process for educators but also ensures compliance with all necessary standards, which is crucial in the medical field.

CMEgenius™ takes the hassle out of accreditation by automating many of the steps involved in tracking and reporting credits. The software is directly integrated with PARS allowing activities to be listed automatically when an activity is created on the platform. Furthermore, activities can be offered for MOC and for specific boards directly in the software. When learners take a course, there credits are directly transfered to the ACCME and the respective boards if desired.

The Accreditation Planning and Management tool within CMEgenius™ is designed to reduce paperwork, automate financial disclosure, document compliance, and manage multiple organizations, associations, journals, RSS, meetings, enduring materials, webinars, and more.

This feature is especially valuable for CME providers who need to maintain compliance with ACCME standards and provide verifiable proof of credit to learners. By contrast, using Thinkific for CME would require significant manual effort and third-party integrations to manage accreditation, adding complexity and risk.

E-commerce and Monetization

Both Thinkific and CMEgenius™ offer robust e-commerce features, allowing educators to sell courses, manage payments, and offer subscriptions. Thinkific provides built-in payment gateways, including Stripe and PayPal, along with features like course bundles, memberships, and discount codes. This makes it a strong choice for general course sales.

However, CMEgenius™ goes a step further by integrating e-commerce features with its accreditation tools. This means that when a learner purchases a course on CMEgenius™, the platform not only handles the transaction but also automatically tracks and reports CME credits upon course completion. This seamless integration is a significant advantage for CME providers, as it ensures that learners receive their credits without delay or additional steps, enhancing the overall user experience.

Why CMEgenius™ is the Better Choice for CME Providers

While Thinkific is a powerful and versatile platform for general online education, it falls short when it comes to meeting the specific needs of CME providers. CMEgenius™ offers all the tools needed to create, deliver, and manage accredited CME courses, making it the superior choice for medical educators. From built-in accreditation management to seamless e-commerce integration, CMEgenius™ is designed to simplify the complex process of CME delivery, allowing providers to focus on what matters most: educating healthcare professionals and improving patient outcomes. For those in the medical education field, CMEgenius™ is not just a better option—it’s the best choice.