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MedBiquitous develops XML and Web service standards to advance lifelong learning, continuous improvement, and better patient outcomes for the health professions. All standards go through our rigorous ANSI-accredited development process.

Activity Report
Certificates for CE and certification related activities
Competency Framework
Competencies, learning outcomes, and learning objectives
Curriculum Inventory
Defines core curriculum data for a health professions education program.
Healthcare LOM
Describes learning activities and content
Healthcare Professional Profile
Profile data on healthcare professionals
Medical Education Metrics
Continuing education evaluation data
MedBiquitous Virtual Patient
Enables interoperability of computer-based patient scenarios

ANSI/MEDBIQ AR.10.1-2009, Activity Report

Activity Report allows organizations to electronically compile CE and Maintenance of Certification certificate data across providers, making it easier to track lifelong learning and improvement.

Activity Report Overview
Activity Report Standard (PDF, 658 KB)
Activity Report Schema
Activity Report Services
Implementation Guide (PDF, 135 KB)
Implementation Toolkit (Implementation Guide, Specifications, Schemas, Examples, ZIP, 918 KB)

Drafts of version 2.0 specification and schema are available as well.

ANSI/MEDBIQ CF.10.1-2012, Competency Framework

The Competency Framework allows competencies and learning outcomes to be used as the backbone of education and performance management systems, enabling users to search for resources addressing a specific competency and determine where competencies are addressed in the curriculum.

Competency Framework Overview
Competency Framework Standard (PDF, 417 KB)
Competency Framework Schema
Implementation Guidelines (PDF, 190 KB)
Implementation Toolkit (Implementation Guidelines, Specification, Schemas, Examples, ZIP 947 KB)

ANSI/MEDBIQ CI.10.1-2013, Curriculum Inventory

Curriculum Inventory is intended to facilitate the exchange and aggregation of data about health professions curriculum across the continuum of professional education and training. It is necessary to enable the aggregation of curriculum data for research and benchmarking purposes.

Curriculum Inventory Overview
Curriculum Inventory Standard (PDF, 454 KB)
Curriculum Inventory Schema
Implementation Guidelines (PDF, 418 KB)
Implementation Toolkit (Implementation Guidelines, Specification, Schemas, Examples, ZIP 896 KB)

ANSI/MEDBIQ LO.10.1-2008, Healthcare Learning Object Metadata (Healthcare LOM)

Healthcare LOM provides a standard way to describe learning activities and content, making it easier to find resources and maximize their value and reach.

Healthcare Learning Object Metadata Overview
Healthcare Learning Object Metadata Standard (PDF, 888 KB)
Healthcare Learning Object Metadata Documents and Schemas (ZIP, 1.07 MB)
Implementation Guide (PDF, 213 KB)
Implementation toolkit (Implementation Guide, Specifications, Schemas, Examples, ZIP, 1.24 MB)

ANSI/MEDBIQ PP.10.1-2008, Healthcare Professional Profile

The Healthcare Professional Profile provides a standard XML format for profile data on healthcare professionals, making it easier to exchange and compile profile data across organizations.

Healthcare Professional Profile Overview
Name Schema and Specification
Address Schema and Specification
Professional Profile Schema and Specification
All schemas and specifications
Implementation Guide (PDF, 235 KB)
Implementation Toolkit (Implementation Guide, Specifications, Schemas, Examples, ZIP, 2.9 MB)

Drafts of version 2.0 specification and schema are available as well.

ANSI/MEDBIQ ME.10.1-2009, Medical Education Metrics

Medical Education Metrics (MEMS) provides a standard format for CE outcomes data, allowing educators to bring outcomes data together across systems and organizations for better research.

Medical Education Metrics Overview
Medical Education Metrics Standard (PDF, 1.26 MB)
Medical Education Metrics Schema
Survey Items Specification (PDF, 449 KB)
Survey Items Schema
Implementation Guide (PDF, 160 KB)
Implementation Toolkit (Implementation Guide, Specifications, Schemas, Examples, ZIP, 1.54 MB)

Drafts of version 2.0 specification and schema are available as well.See the Metrics Working Group for more information.

ANSI/MEDBIQ VP.10.1-2010, MedBiquitous Virtual Patient

Virtual Patients are interactive computer programs that simulate real life clinical scenarios for educational purposes. The MedBiquitous Virtual Patient standard (MVP) enables the exchange of virtual patients across systems and institutions.