Thank you for your interest in accredited continuing education (CE) for healthcare professionals! Please fill out this pre-planning form to the best of your ability. If you are not sure how to respond, select the answer that best fits with your current plans. You will have the opportunity to make changes throughout the planning process. A team member will contact you to discuss next steps in the CE application approval process.

This form is for inquiries about developing and hosting courses on the CE Learning Platform, NOT for claiming credit for an activity you attended.

Please note the following parameters for certified education:

Eligible Content for Continuing Education

Proposed education is evidence-based and addresses a practice gap. 
Unbiased and independent of industry influence. 

Eligible Planning Team Members, Faculty, and Speakers

All members of the planning team must complete a disclosure form prior to completing an application for accreditation: Advocate Health Accredited Continuing Education Disclosure of Financial Relationships Form. Other faculty and speakers will also be required to disclose but can do so after an application is submitted but before the education takes place. 

Owners or employees of ineligible companies cannot participate in the planning or presentation of accredited CE. Our accrediting body states that “ineligible companies” are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. More information about the eligibility of faculty involved in continuing education is available here: Eligibility - ACCME

Target Audiences

A minimum of 5 clinicians must attend and claim credit per session/activity
Primarily Advocate Health team members

Timeline

In order to allow enough time for planning, documentation, and promotion of the activity, CE application materials must be submitted to the CE department according to the following schedule.

  • 2 weeks for pre-planning form review.
  • 10 weeks for live/single activities. May vary depending on CE team availability. However, we recommend submitting as early as possible to ensure a smooth process.
  • 4 weeks for series and/or on-demand education.
  • Timeline for approving applications is dependent on the completeness of the application and documentation. Disclosures for all planning team members must be submitted prior to finalizing an application.

Once accreditation is finalized:

  • 3 weeks to post content/open registration on CE Learning Platform 
  • RSS Pre-Activity Documentation for code approval is due no later than 7 business days prior to the start of the activity. 

Educational Formats

Single, live conferences (in person or virtual)
Series lectures or case conferences (at least 4 sessions each year, same audience, different topics)
On-demand 
Journal-based 
Independent Study

Registration

All registration for conferences (live or virtual) are required to go through the CE Learning Platform

Marketing and Branding

All promotion of continuing education needs to be approved prior to distribution.
Refer to our guidelines for promoting CE File Guidelines for Promoting Accredited Continuing Education.docx

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Mergener formula for enduring material: Mergener formula link


If you have any questions, please contact the IPCE Office at [email protected]
 

The IPCE Submitter Training will provide an overview of the procedures for submitting Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) activities. Completion of this training is necessary to move forward with the Pre-Planning form.

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To complete the IPCE Submitter training, please click here. After finishing the training, you may proceed to fill out the IPCE Pre Planning Form.

Contact Information

Name of person who will be the primary point of contact for planning the education. 

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Please list the name and title of the person who will be primarily responsible for developing the content of the education.

All members of the planning team must complete a disclosure form prior to completing an application for accreditation: Advocate Health Accredited Continuing Education Disclosure of Financial Relationships Form. Please note that owners or employees of ineligible companies cannot participate in the planning or presentation of accredited CE. Our accrediting body states that “ineligible companies” are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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Activity Information

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Please share details of the location including site, city, state, and zip code.
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Joint Accreditation criteria require that Interprofessional Continuing Education activities are planned by and for the healthcare team. For activities that are focused on multiple professions, the planning team should reflect the professions and credit types being targeted by the activity.
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For example: if the conference is requesting CME credit, then the planning committee would need to include a physician on the planning team.
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