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Annual Reporting in JA-PARS
Annual Reporting Information and Resources Joint Accreditation uses the information collected in JA-PARS to support reviews that are part of the...
What does “Probation” mean for jointly accredited providers?
Probation is given to jointly acredited providers that have serious problems meeting the Joint Accreditation requirements. Providers on Probation are...
What does the term “New Applicants” mean?
An organization seeking accreditation as a provider of IPCE that does NOT currently hold at least one accreditation from at...
Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (IPCP) “Healthcare team”
When multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families, carers [sic], and communities to deliver the...
What does ” Joint Accreditation with Commendation” mean?
Providers that successfully achieve Joint Accreditation with Commendation may be awarded a six-year accreditation term. The six-year term will be...
Program
The overall continuing education (CE) activities of an accredited provider.
Collaborative Practice
When multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds provide comprehensive services by working with patients, their families, carers and communities...
What does “Reaccreditation” mean for jointly accredited providers?
An organization that is already a jointly accredited provider may be awarded at term of up to four years if...
What does “Currently Accredited” mean?
An organization that is already accredited in good standing by at least one of the national accrediting bodies (ACCME, ACPE...
Interprofessional Education (IPE)
When students from two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve...
Surveyors
Group of trained volunteers selected by the accrediting bodies (ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC) to conduct the provider’s self-study interview and...
ANCC Accredited Approvers
An eligible organization credentialed by ANCC after having submitted to an in-depth analysis to determine its capacity to assess and...
Relevant Financial Relationships
As defined in the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, specifically, Standard 3: Identify, Mitigate, and Disclose...
Joint Accreditation Review Committee (Joint ARC)
Committee comprised equally of representatives from ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC that participate in the process of accreditation review for organizations...
Ineligible Company
Companies that are ineligible to receive Joint Accreditation (ineligible companies) are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling,...
Program Evaluation
Evaluation process in which the provider gathers data or information and conducts a program-based analysis on the degree to which...
Commercial Support
Financial or in-kind support from an ineligible company that is used to pay all or part of the costs of...
Target Audience
Group of individuals for which an educational activity has been designed (e.g. nurses, pharmacists, physicians).
Objectives
Statements that describe what the learner can expect to know or do after the completion of the CE activity. Objectives...
Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE)
Interprofessional continuing education (IPCE) is when members from two or more professions learn with, from, and about each other to...
Progress Report
Jointly accredited providers that receive noncompliance findings in one or more of the Joint Accreditation Criteria must submit a progress...
Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education
Requirements designed to ensure that accredited continuing education serves the needs of patients and the public, is based on valid...
Provider
See "Jointly Accredited Provider"
Commercial Interest
See ineligible company.
Activity
An education event, which is based upon the educational needs that underlie the practice gaps of the healthcare team and/or...
Financial Relationships
Accredited providers must collect information from all planners, faculty, and others in control of educational content about all their financial...
Joint Accreditation
A voluntary process in which an institution, organization or agency submits to an in-depth analysis to determine its capacity to...
Mission
A statement that highlights education for the healthcare team with expected results articulated in terms of changes in skills/strategy, or...
ACCME Recognized Accreditors
State and territory medical societies recognized by the ACCME as accreditors of intrastate providers. To achieve recognition, a state or...
Jointly Accredited Provider
The institution or organization that is jointly accredited by the ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC to present continuing education activities.
How do you migrate data in JA-PARS?
When migrating your data into new JA-PARS, we completed the following: Inserted the activity title into the description field, if...
What are the benefits of reporting physician-learner data?
For those of you offering AMA PRA Category 1™ credit, the new JA-PARS offers these improvements:You have the option to enter,...
What are the key features of activity reporting?
This tutorial is designed to guide accredited providers through the process of registering their CE activities into JA-PARS. Please note,...
What is an other/blended learning activity?
What is a test-writing item activity?
What is a manuscript review activity?