final program 2005.qxp - American College Health Association

CONTINUING EDUCATION
This annual meeting provides numerous opportunities for physicians, physician
assistants, nurses, health educators, psychologists, and pharmacists to earn
continuing education credits.
CME
CH
PsyCE
CECH
CONTINUING
EDUCATION KEY
identifies the CE credit hours
available for physicians and
physician assistants
identifies the CE contact hours
available to nurses
identifies the CE credit hours
available to psychologists
identifies the CE contact hours
available to certified health
education specialists
AAFP-P identifies the prescribed
CE credit hours available to
members of the American
Academy of Family Physicians
AAFP-E identifies the elective
CE credit hours available to
members of the American
Academy of Family Physicians
PhCE
identifies the CE contact hours
available to pharmacists
• The American College Health
Association is accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Continuing
Medical Education to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.
The American College Health
Association designates this educational
activity for a maximum of 24.0
category 1 credits toward the AMA
Physician’s Recognition Award. Each
physician should claim only those
credits that he/she actually spent in
the activity.
• This program for 34.8
contact hours is provided
by ACHA, which is an
accredited provider of continuing
nursing education by the American
Nurses Credentialing Center’s
Commission on Accreditation.
• ACHA has been designated as a
provider (#MD0011, Event #01016)
of continuing health education by
the National Commission for Health
Education Credentialing Inc.This program
has been awarded 29.0 category 1
continuing education contact hours.
FACULTY DISCLOSURE
DECLARATION
It is the policy of ACHA to insure balance,
independence, objectivity, and scientific
rigor in all its individually sponsored or
joint-sponsored educational programs.
All faculty participating in any ACHAsponsored
programs are expected to
disclose to the program audience:
1) any relationship between
speakers and commercial entities
2) discussion of off-label uses of
medications and/or devices
3) any limitations in data cited
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• ACHA is approved by the American
Psychological Association to offer
continuing education for psychologists.
ACHA maintains responsibility for the
program.This program has been awarded
25.0 hours of continuing education for
psychologists.
• The University of Texas College of
Pharmacy is accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy
Education as a provider of continuing
pharmaceutical education. Pharmacists
may receive a maximum of 1.8 CEUs
(18.0 contact hours) for successful
completion of the program.
Successful completion
of the program
includes attending the
accredited session(s) and completing a
Record of Attendance/Evaluation Form.
Continuing education statements will
be mailed by The University of Texas
directly to participants within 6-8
weeks following the program.
• This activity has been reviewed and is
acceptable for up to 24.0 Prescribed
credits by the American Academy of
Family Physicians.This includes 24.0
Prescribed and 1.50 Elective credits.
Because some sessions run concurrently,
no more than a total of 24.0 credits may
be reported.
ACHA guards against discrimination in
selecting faculty or participants for continuing
education activities, and makes every effort to
maintain awareness of individual differences
with respect to the following, listed in alphabetical
order: age; gender identity, including
transgender; marital status; psychological/physical/learning
disability; race/ethnicity; religious,
spiritual, or cultural identity; sex; sexual orientation;
socioeconomic status; veteran status.
Faculty are chosen for their expertise to meet
specific needs of trainees and their availability.
Faculty and participants are not asked to identify
any sensitive information and no selection is
made on the basis of the individual differences
listed above.