Accreditation and Credit Designation Statements

The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, Division of Postgraduate Education, can designate or apply for credits as listed below:

ACCME / AMA - AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM for physicians.

AAFP - American Academy of Family Physicians Prescribed credits for physicians.

APA - American Psychological Association credits for licensed psychologists.

Nursing - Nursing credit arranged through the Area Health and Education Center.

Health Care Professionals - Certificates of attendance for other health care professionals.

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT

The accreditation statement identifies which ACCME accredited organization is responsible for demonstrating the CME activity’s compliance with the Essential Areas and Elements (including the Standards for Commercial Support) and Accreditation Policies.  The accreditation statement must appear on all CME activity materials and brochures distributed by accredited organizations, except that the accreditation statement does not need to be included on initial, save-the-date type activity announcements.  Such announcements contain only general, preliminary information about the activity like the date, location, and title.  If more specific information is included, like faculty and objectives, the accreditation statement must be included.

The ACCME accreditation statement is as follows:

For directly sponsored activities:  “The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

For jointly sponsored activities:  “This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita and (name of non-accredited provider). The University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.”

There is no “co-sponsorship” accreditation statement.  If two or more accredited providers are working in collaboration on a CME activity, one provider must take responsibility for the compliance of that activity.  Co-sponsored activities should use the directly sponsored activity statement, naming the one accredited provider that is responsible for the activity.  ACCME has no policy regarding specific ways in which providers may acknowledge the involvement of other ACCME accredited providers in their CME activities.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEB SITES:

AMA – http://www.ama-assn.org

AAFP – http://www.aafp.org/x2033.xml

APA – http://www.apa.org

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