Joint Accreditation Newsletter: One Week Left to Register for the 2023 JA Leadership Summit; Explore the New Compliance Check Series; Register for the Summer Provider Update Webinar

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ONE WEEK LEFT TO REGISTER FOR THE 2023 JOINT ACCREDITATION LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

Don’t miss your chance to join over 110 of your interprofessional continuing education (IPCE) colleagues from 70+ organizations in Chicago at the 9th annual Joint Accreditation Leadership Summit, Stronger Together: Finding the Power and Beauty of Teams. Join us at the Sheraton Grand Chicago on May 15-16, 2023, to celebrate our achievements as an IPCE community, enhance your role as an IPCE leader, and discuss strategies and best practices for our ascent toward collaborative education. Be sure to register by 5:00 pm CT next Friday, April 28, 2023.

Day One Keynote: Embracing Our Shared Humanity in Healthcare

Our opening keynote session will challenge you to see beyond disease and diagnosis, to the beauty and richness of our shared humanity. Join Rick Guidotti, founder and director of POSITIVE EXPOSURE – a non-profit organization that promotes a more inclusive world through award winning photography, film, and educational programs – for an exploration of keeping humanity and inclusivity at the forefront of healthcare delivery and education. As an added bonus, the summit will include an exhibition of Rick’s work. Explore the agenda.

Hotel Accommodations Update
The Sheraton Grand Chicago Hotel, our venue for the 2023 Joint Accreditation Leadership Summit, is quickly reaching capacity for the nights of the meeting. On our Venue & City page, we have added a list of several hotels that are within a short walking distance to the Sheraton. If you are coming to the Summit and have not yet secured your hotel reservations, we encourage you to take a look and make your arrangements soon!

Explore the 2022 Joint Accreditation Leadership Summit report. Questions? We’re happy to help! Contact [email protected] for more information.

EXPLORE THE NEW JOINT ACCREDITATION WEBSITE

We’re excited to share that the new Joint Accreditation website is now available! We redesigned our site to offer an improved user experience, enhance usability, and better serve our growing community. The new site features improved navigation, a more modern design, and helpful resources like searchable FAQs and an enhanced Find a Provider directory.

NEW SERIES: COMPLIANCE CHECK

Compliance Check is a new series of quick tips to help you meet accreditation requirements.

What information should I be getting from my speakers and planners?

1. Make sure you ask your speaker or planner to disclose ALL financial relationships with ineligible companies in the past 24 months?
2. Make sure you have the correction definition of “ineligible company” when you ask.
   • The definition changed in 2022. If you’re using the wrong definition, you can’t get the right information!
   • The correct definition: An ineligible company is one whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Tip: Use this Standards Toolkit, which includes a downloadable template to collect information about all relevant financial relationships from CE planners and faculty. Or update the definition of “ineligible company” in your own forms.

IPCE Education and Resources

SUMMER PROVIDER UPDATE WEBINAR: JUNE 21

Our next Joint Accreditation Provider Update webinar will take place on Wednesday, June 21, from 1:00-2:30 pm CT. This semi-annual provider webinar is a great opportunity to share Joint Accreditation updates, review important information about accreditation expectations, and build our IPCE community of practice. All jointly accredited providers will receive connection information and the webinar agenda via email one week before the meeting. Please note that this event is open to jointly accredited providers only.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS AND AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR THE NURSING CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT

Accredited providers of Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD), through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or Joint Accreditation, are invited to share research findings, evidence-based practice, or quality improvement initiatives related to NCPD Accreditation. Submit an abstract for this year’s NCPD Summit before Wednesday, April 26 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

Additionally, all NCPD accredited providers are encouraged to apply for the ANCC NCPD Premier Award. Award winners stand out, excel, and are recognized for their commitment to the best in patient care. Submissions open May 1, 2023. View the eligibility and submission criteria.

NOW AVAILABLE: REQUEST FOR APPLICATION FOR REMS-COMPLIANT ACCREDITED CE
The Mycophenolate Applicants (Mycophenolate REMS Group, MRG) Continuing Education (CE) Subteam’s 2023 CE Request for Application (RFA) for REMS-compliant accredited CE is now available. The 2023 CE Grant Cycle is open to all CE Providers interested in receiving funding for REMS-compliant accredited CE programs. REMS-compliant educational CE activities must cover all portions of the FDA’s Mycophenolate REMS Education Blueprint for Healthcare Providers who Prescribe. As outlined in the 2023 CE RFA, grant applications must be submitted via the Grant Management System (GMS) by June 9, 2023 at 11:59 pm ET.

CALL FOR PAPERS IN A SPECIAL COLLECTION OF THE JOURNAL OF CME
The Journal of Continuing Medical Education (CME), previously the Journal of European CME, is launching their 2023 Special Collection to highlight diverse voices in CME/CPD and demonstrate how these voices add value and impact engagement across the professions and different stakeholder groups around the world. Manuscripts must be submitted by July 31, 2023, and the Special Collection will be published in late 2023.

Reminders for Jointly Accredited Providers

CHOOSE TO ADD PROFESSIONS BY JUNE 15
All jointly accredited providers have the option to add professions to their portfolio mid-year for an additional $750 per profession for the remainder of 2023. You can add the ability to award IPCE credit or profession-specific credit for seven professions: athletic trainers, dentists, dietitians, optometrists, physician associates (PAs), psychologists, and social workers. As a jointly accredited provider, you are automatically entitled to award credit to nurses, pharmacists, and physicians. We are sending out the professions survey by the end of May. Please complete the survey by June 15 to elect additional professions for your portfolio. If you have questions, please contact [email protected].