1. Continuing Education Credit
What Program Planners
Need to Know
Annette Ferebee, MPH
Director
Center for Professional Development

2. Continuing Education Credits
Background
Continuing Education Credits
CME for physicians – CME for non—physicians
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
CNE for nurses
American Nurses Credentialing Center
CHES and MCHES for health educators
National Commission for Health Education Credentialing
CPH for public health professionals
National Board of Public Health Examiners

3. APHA Interdisciplinary Program
Take and use the criteria/requirements of all 4
Use the most inclusive criteria to judge the credit worthiness of the session
Session either gets credit for all four or no credit
Sessions are reviewed for MCHES separately after initial review and awarded credit based on advanced competency requirements from NCHEC

4. Conflict of Interest Disclosures
CE Session Planning
For each presenter, faculty, discussant, responder, or panelist in the session you
Must have:
Abstract Content
Learning Objectives
Conflict of Interest Disclosures

5. Abstract Content Title Abstract
Each presentation or each response by a presenter/faculty/discussant/responder/panelist needs an abstract describing what will be presented.
No mention of commercial entity brand names product or service or promoting a single or specific product or service.
Contact Annette Ferebee if you have questions.

6. Bias – other than Commercial Bias
Bias can occur when a presenter or author inserts opinions into the educational content that is not fact based, and that may influence the participants learning of the content. This type of bias is not objective, fair or balanced, and thus it fails to meet the criteria for providing a CE worthy presentation.

7. Learning Objectives
Each abstract needs at least one measurable SINGLE learning objective based on the presenter’s abstract. No compound learning objectives
Use the following ONLY Explain, demonstrate, analyze, formulate, discuss, compare, differentiate, describe, name, assess, evaluate, identify, design, define or list.
Understand or learn are not measureable objectives.

8. Conflict of Interest Form Statement
Each planner, moderator, organizer, presenter, faculty, discussant, responder, panelist must fill out the disclosure form that addresses three issues:
Qualification Statement
Conflict of Interest Statement
Signature/Resolution

9. Qualification Statement
Each presenter MUST fill out the statement that describes their qualification for presenting.
Good Example
I am qualified because I have conducted research in
the area of maternal and child health for the past 20
years and have given multiple presentations on the
data.
Bad Example
I am qualified because I am a professor at XYZ University.

10. Conflict of Interest Statement
Each organizer, moderator, presenter, faculty, respondent, etc, MUST answer the Conflict of Interest Statement on the Disclosure form. “During the past 12 months have you, or your spouse or partner had a financial relationship that might potentially bias and/or impact content of the educational activity/session?”

11. Signature/Resolution
Each organizer, moderator, presenter, faculty, discussant, responder, panelist MUST sign the COI/Disclosure Form “Resolution: I agree not to promote any products, goods or services or to bias the educational content and to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest Policy, Commercial Support Standards, as they become applicable to me.”

12. Commercial Entities
A commercial interest is defined as “any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients”, with the exemption of non profit or government organizations and non-health care related companies.
The following are not considered “commercial interests” :
For profit hospitals, rehabilitation centers and nursing homes
Liability insurance providers, health insurance providers, group medical practices

13. Outside Funding Source
If a presenter’s research/work/program was funded by a commercial entity as defined by accreditation bodies, COI should be answered “yes” and the entity disclosed. If a presenter’s research/work/program was funded by an entity that is not considered a commercial entity by the accrediting bodies but may be in conflict with APHA, COI should be answered “yes” and the entity disclosed.

14. Checklist for CE Requirements
1. Is there a title? __ yes __no
2. Is there an abstract for each presentation? __ yes __no
3. Is the abstract free of trade and/or
commercial product names? __ yes __no
4. Is there at least one (1) MEASURABLE
singular learning objective for each presentation
based on the presentation? __yes __no
5. Was an approved verb used? (see Slide 7) __yes __no
Is the presenter’s Qualification Statement
sufficient? __yes __ no
7. Is the financial disclosure question answered? __yes __ no
8. Is the Disclosure form signed? __yes __ no
If you answered no to any of these questions, you can either make the
changes yourself or go back to the presenter for correct information.

15. 2014 Award of Excellence
Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community
Community Health Workers
Ethics
Family Violence Prevention Caucus
Genomics Forum
Health Equity and Public Hospitals Caucus
Health Informatics Information Technology
Men’s Health Caucus
Mental Health
Occupational Health and Safety
Physical Activity
Public Health Social Work
School Health Education and Services
Spirit of 1848 Caucus
Veterinary Public Health
Vision Care
Women’s Caucus

16. 2014 Achievement Award Winners
Academic Public Health Caucus
APHA-Special Sessions
ATOD
Community Health Planning and Policy Development
Disability
LGBT Caucus of Public Health Professionals
Oral Health
Trade and Health Forum
Vietnam Caucus

17. 2014 APHA Winners (Internal)
APHA-Committee on Women’s Rights
APHA-Intersectional Council
APHA Learning Institutes

18. 2016 Incentives Recognition at ISC Meeting during APHA Annual Meeting
Brief article in The Nation’s Health
CE Logo to post on your Section, SPIG, Caucus or Forum Webpage or Newsletter
Possible conversion of your AM Sessions to Online CE Program

19. Questions?

20. Contact Information
Annette Ferebee, MPH Evangeline Savage Kaye Bender, PhD, RN, FAAN