Integrate Planning for Interprofessional Activities
At least 25% of the educational activities delivered by the jointly accredited organization must be comprised of education designed by and for the healthcare team.
The planning process for educational activities classified as “interprofessional” must demonstrate:
- An integrated planning process that includes health care professionals from 2 or more professions.
- An integrated planning process that includes health care professionals who are reflective of the target audience members the activity is designed to address.
- An intent to achieve outcome(s) that reflect a change in skills, strategy, or performance of the health care team and/or patient outcomes.
- Reflection of 1 or more of the interprofessional competencies to include: values/ ethics, roles/ responsibilities, interprofessional communication, and/or teams/teamwork.
- An opportunity for learners to learn with, from, and about each other.
- Activity evaluations that seek to determine:
- Changes in skills, strategy, performance of one's role or contribution as a member of the healthcare team; and/or
- Impact on the healthcare team; and/or
- Impact on patient outcomes
Increase Knowledge, Skills, Performance & Relationships
Continuing education consists of educational activities, which serve to maintain, develop or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance, and relationships that a healthcare professional uses to provide services for patients, the public or the profession. The content of CE is that body of knowledge and skills generally recognized and accepted by the profession as within the basic healthcare sciences, the discipline of healthcare, and the provision of health care to the public.
Patient Safety
All members of the healthcare team share responsibility for promoting patient safety and enhancing quality of patient care. Educators play a critical role in preparing and reinforcing healthcare professionals to provide the highest level of clinical care with continuous focus on the safety, individual needs, and humanity of their patients. It is the right of each patient to be cared for by healthcare teams who are appropriately supervised; possess the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities; understand the limits of their knowledge and experience; and seek assistance as required to provide optimal patient care.
When patients are engaged in the planning, delivery, or evaluation of accredited continuing education, the jointly accredited provider must ensure that appropriate patient protection measures are implemented as applicable by professional standards, as well as state, federal, or international regulatory requirements.
Learners Must Be Informed
Learners must be informed when a CE activity is being offered by the jointly accredited provider through the use of the Joint Accreditation statement and the Joint Accreditation Mark. The statement may be included on education materials, marketing materials, and certificates.
"In support of improving patient care, [Insert name of Joint Accredited Provider] is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team."
If an activity is planned, implemented and evaluated by two or more organizations and one of the organizations is jointly accredited, the accreditation statement in close conjunction with the Joint Accreditation mark to be used is:
"In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by ______ and ______. [Insert name of Joint Accredited Provider] is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team."
Jointly Accredited Provider Mark
The jointly accredited provider mark may be used for education and identification purposes. The mark may also be used in announcements related to an organization's attainment of joint accreditation.
Download the jointly accredited provider mark.
This mark is also available in higher resolution formats, black & white, and grayscale. Please email info@jointaccreditation.org if you would like to receive the mark in a different format.
Retain Activity Files for 6 Years
Activity files must be retained by the jointly accredited organization for 6 years following provision of the educational activity.
Verify Participation for At Least 6 Years
An accredited provider must be able to verify participation of learners, when authorized by the learner, for no fewer than 6 years.
