View the Summer Provider Update Webinar Recording, Register for the Joint Accreditation Leadership Summit, IPCE in the News: CE Opportunities for Psychologists

July 2019

ARCHIVED: SUMMER PROVIDER UPDATE WEBINAR

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Provider Update Webinar on June 11.

If you would like to review the webinar or share with colleagues you can watch the recording here.

Here’s what we discussed:

Improvements to JA-PARS
JA Criteria: Modifications and new commendation option
Data summary: target audiences selected by providers
Credit statements and IPCE credit
Preview of September 20, 2019 Joint Accreditation Leadership Summit

REGISTER FOR THE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

You are invited to attend the 2019 Joint Accreditation Leadership Summit, Let’s Go Team! Planning Education for Maximum Impact! on September 20, 2019 from 8:00 AM 3:30 PM at the ACCME’s office in Chicago.

The fifth annual Joint Accreditation Leadership Summit will bring together leaders in interprofessional education and jointly accredited providers to explore educational methodology that demonstrates excellence in identifying professional practice gaps of teams, choosing formats for learning that will be most effective for the team, facilitating planning processes that highlight the roles of team members, and evaluating changes in the team. The nuts and bolts of planning and evaluation will be explored across different types of activities and different learning environments.

Please join us for a reception the evening of September 19 in honor of our colleague, Peter Vlasses, PharmD, DSc (Hon), FCCP, on his distinguished career as Executive Director of Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).

JOINT ACCREDITATION CRITERIA MODIFICATIONS AND NEW COMMENDATION OPTION: INFO PACKAGE POSTED ON WEBSITE

We have posted an information package (PDF) describing the changes to the Joint Accreditation Criteria and the new Menu of Criteria for Joint Accreditation with Commendation. We have also updated the criteria page on our website. The changes are effective as of June 1, 2020.

We discussed the changes and implementation timeframe in our Summer Provider Update Webinar. Visit the Joint Accreditation website to learn more.

NOW OPEN: RFA FOR OPIOID ANALGESICS REMS GRANTS

The 2019 Request for Application (RFA) for Opioid Analgesics Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategy (OA REMS) educational grants is now open to all accredited continuing education (CE) providers. REMS-compliant accredited CE activities must cover all portions of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Opioid Analgesic REMS Education Blueprint for Healthcare Providers Involved in the Treatment and Monitoring of Patients with Pain.

As part of the 2019 CE Grant Cycle, an independent grant review committee will provide recommendations to the OA REMS companies (RPC) on the quality of grant applications submitted in response to the RFA. The accreditors that cofounded Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Educationthe Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)will constitute and facilitate the work of the independent grant review committee. The independent grant review committee will be comprised of members who:

Have relevant subject matter expertise;
Are not affiliated with the grant applications under consideration; and
Are not currently on the board or staff of the three accreditors.

The deadline to submit applications for the RFA is Friday, August 23. For questions, please contact the Grant Coordinator at [email protected].

REMINDER: IPCE CREDIT AND STATEMENT

We encourage you to include the IPCE credit mark and statement with your IPCE activities that have been planned by and for the healthcare team, in addition to the Joint Accreditation statement.

“This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive (INSERT #) Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.”

The use of the IPCE credit mark and statement will serve to highlight the value of IPCE and communicate to your learners and other stakeholders that the activity is specifically designed to improve team collaboration and patient care. IPCE credit has been recognized by the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) and the Georgia Board of Pharmacy.

Click here to download the IPCE credit mark.

IPCE IN THE NEWS

“New CE Opportunities for Psychologists,” published by the Monitor on Psychology, describes the expansion of Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education to include the American Psychological Association (APA) as a collaborating accreditor. “It’s a fabulous opportunity for us to break out of the silo that has kept us apart from mainstream health care and contribute to something larger than us,” says Greg Neimeyer, PhD, Director, American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology.

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