Coming This Summer: JA-PARS Improvements; Register for Getting Started with Joint Accreditation Virtual Workshop; Complete Year-End Reporting in JA-PARS

• Include a dashboard for your CE  program
• Provide expanded capability for generating  reports
• Simplify data entry for activities that span multiple  years
• Enable providers to identify interprofessional continuing education (IPCE)  activities
• Simplify options for entering learner  data
• Enable providers to register activities for maintenance of certification using an Excel  template

We’re making these changes based on recommendations from the IPCE community as well as other stakeholders. We appreciate the input we’ve received, and we’ll continue to offer opportunities for CE providers to give us feedback as we move forward.

We expect to launch the new version of JA- PARS in early summer of this year. We encourage you to begin thinking now about how you might take advantage of the new features after the launch.  Read more about these  updates  here.

AVAILABLE NOW: REGISTER CME ACTIVITIES FOR AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATION    

The ACCME and the American Board of Surgery (ABS) are pleased to announce that jointly accredited providers are now welcome to register CME activities that meet ABS Continuous Certification Program requirements and to submit physician-learner completion data in the Joint Accreditation Program and Activity Reporting System JA-PARS.

The process is  similar to  registering activities that meet the requirements of other certifying boards that are collaborating with the ACCME. Details are described in the CME for Maintenance of Certification Program Guide.

Read more about this collaboration  here.

IPCE Educational Opportunities

GETTING STARTED WITH JOINT ACCREDITATION FOR INTERPROFESSIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION

We’re hosting an introductory virtual workshop on March 19, 2021, from 10:00 am  – 2:00 pm CT. During this virtual event, we will explore the basics and benefits of Joint Accreditation as well as answer questions about the Joint Accreditation process. It is designed for organizations in the initial stages of the application process as well as organizations that are considering applying for Joint Accreditation. In addition,  it can serve as a refresher for new staff  at jointly accredited organizations.

During the workshop, we will discuss:

• Value & benefits of Joint Accreditation
• Eligibility criteria
• Application process and timeline
• Joint Accreditation Criteria

There is a registration fee of $75 per person for this workshop. For more information or to register for the workshop, please visit  this webpage.

If you have questions about the Getting Started with Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education workshop, please contact Marcia Martin at [email protected].

REGISTER FOR ACCME 2021 MEETING  

We welcome jointly accredited providers to join us for the ACCME 2021 virtual meeting on April 27-29 as we share what we have achieved together, teach, and challenge each other to learn new approaches. This year’s meeting includes sessions focused on IPCE.

Jointly accredited providers are also  welcome  to join Working Groups, a new, optional opportunity at ACCME 2021 which will allow you to:

• Collaborate with colleagues to develop a new resource or tool for accredited continuing education  providers
• Engage in a meaningful, longitudinal learning experience with a smaller group of peers seeking to address a specific  topic
• Demonstrate leadership by learning with and from your colleagues for the benefit of the broader CE  community

For more information about the ACCME 2021 Meeting, including how to join a Working Group, visit www.accmemeeting.org.

Reminders for Jointly Accredited Providers

COMPLETE YOUR 2020 YEAR-END REPORTING IN JA-PARS

To meet your year-end reporting requirements, you must enter data for 2020 CE activities and your 2020 program summary in  JA-PARS  by March  31, 2021, but you are encouraged to complete data entry as soon as possible. If you have questions  about reporting activities, you can  find  JA-PARS FAQ  here. If you have specific questions about JA-PARS or Joint Accreditation’s reporting requirements, please feel free to email us at  [email protected].

CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS FOR OPIOID ANALGESIC REMS  

The grant application process is  now open  for continuing education activities that are compliant with the Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (OA REMS). Submissions are due by March 11, 2021 (11:59 pm ET). The goal of the grants is to support high-quality REMS-compliant accredited continuing education for prescribers and other healthcare professionals on the treatment and monitoring of patients with pain, including pharmacists and nurses. For a full list of relevant professions, please reference the FDA-Requested Learner Level Data Information section on page 3 of the  RFA.

To be eligible, the continuing education must be based solely on the  Opioid Analgesics REMS  Education Blueprint for Health Care Providers Involved in the Treatment and Monitoring of Patients with Pain  that was approved by the FDA in September 2018.  Learn more about  CME for OA REMS  here.

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