1) Submit the online application
60-90 days prior to eventFirst, submit an online application.
All submitted applications will be charged a non-refundable $100 review fee. Additional late fees may apply for applications submitted less than 60 days before the event.
Learn more about the application process.
2) Compliance and Educational Activity Coordinator assigned
After the application is approved, a Compliance and Educational Activity Coordinator will be assigned to your activity.
3) Meet to review your needs
Your coordinator will schedule a face-to-face or virtual meeting to review accreditation compliance needs and CME/CE services.
4) Plan and host your activity
Review the forms and policies, pricing, accreditation and information for presenters for additional planning resources.
Improvement Process
The continuing education planning process follows the classic Plan-Do-Study-Act model for improvement.
The Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle is a simple yet powerful tool for accelerating improvement by developing a plan to test the change (Plan), carrying out the test (Do), observing and learning from the consequences (Study), and determining what modifications should be made to the test (Act).
Basically, the planning committee is asking: What are we trying to accomplish? How will we know that a change is an improvement? What changes can we make that will result in improvement?
If planning an annual event or a series of learning interventions, this model can be quite useful for measuring change, particularly in physician performance or patient outcomes.
More information on Plan-Do-Study-Act in health care is available through the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and PubMed.