APHA 2016 Annual Meeting

Health Education (CHES/MCHES) The American Public Health Association (APHA) is accredited by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc., to sponsor continuing education for Certified Health Education Specialists and Master Certified Health Education Specialists. This program is a designated event for the CHES to receive up to 30 Category I CE contact hours (CHEC). The total number of MCHES credits available will be posted on the APHA website beginning Oct. 1, 2016 at https://apha.confex.com/apha/144am/meetingapp.cgi. Note: For those health educators who took the CHES exam in October 2015 and do not know their status, you can obtain CHES credits from the Annual Meeting at your own risk. If you are certified, NCHEC will honor these credits. If you are not certified, you cannot use these credits towards your maintenance of certification at a later time. Keep all certificates and registration information. CHES/MCHES credits earned at this meeting are reported to NCHEC in January. Nursing (CNE) The APHA/PHN Section is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Public Health (CPH) The APHA is an approved provider of Certified in Public Health Continuing Education Credit (CPHCE) by the National Board of Public Health Examiners. CE Contact Hour or Credit Computation Contact hours are determined in a logical and defensible manner, consistent with the objectives, content, teaching/learning strategies and target audience. The CE accrediting bodies for physicians, health educators, nurses, and public health professionals and the American Public Health Association Public Health Nursing Section, use the 60-minute contact or credit hour, which consists of 60 minutes of organized learning activity, either didactic or clinical experience. To calculate the number of contact hours, add the total number of minutes of allowed time and divide by 60. Registration, welcome, introductions, breaks, evaluation and meals are not included in the calculation of contact or credit hours. Pre- and Posttests, practice and discussion are considered part of the learning activity and are included in calculation of contact or credit hours. Day / Maximum Contact or Credit Hours: CME, CNE, CHES/MCHES, CPH Credits Available Pre-Conference LIs – Maximum 12 credits Saturday, October 29 6 hours Sunday, October 30 6 hours

CE Certificates for Contact Hour or Credits APHA issues a single certificate through its online system, with the total number of CE contact hours or credits earned for the following four disciplines: CME: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ to MDs, DOs, CME for non-physicians: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for Non- Physicians and California nurses CECH: for health education specialists and master health education specialist. Note: Participants who want credit in other disciplines should check with their licensing board to see if CME for non-physicians is accepted. CE Access Fee A CE access fee of $50 is charged for the first discipline and $10 for each additional discipline (Example: CME $50 + CPH $10 = $60 total) for any or all of the scientific sessions, roundtables or Learning Institute Courses that have been awarded credit. Poster sessions are NOT eligible for CE credit. Access fee must be paid before onsite registration closes and evaluations completed before the posted deadline to earn credit. No exceptions or refunds will be given after the start of the Learning Institute Courses on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016. How To Obtain CE Credit 1) Sign up and pay $50 access fee for CE credit during online registration or on-site (No registration for CE will be accepted after the close of onsite registration—November 3, 2016) 2) Select and attend learning institute courses, scientific sessions, and roundtable sessions that have been granted credit (check online program and/or CE Booth) 3) Log on to APHA’s online evaluation system at www.apha.org and click on the CE Evaluation button. You will need your badge number and last name to access the evaluation site. Follow the prompts to enter your evaluations and generate a certificate 4) You will be able to print your certificate and a transcript of the sessions you evaluated from any printer. Deadline to complete evaluations: December 18, 2016. All those registered for CE may visit the CE Evaluation Center located in Lobby A of the Colorado Convention Center where computers have been set up for registrants to evaluate the sessions they have attended or they may evaluate sessions in the comfort of their hotel or home during or after the Annual Meeting by logging on to www.apha. org and clicking on the CE Evaluation button. CE Evaluation Center Hours Date Time Saturday, Oct. 29 7:30 am – 6:00 pm Sunday, Oct. 30 7:30 am – 6:00 pm Monday, Oct. 31 7:30 am – 5:00 pm Tuesday, Nov. 1 7:30 am – 5:00 pm Wednesday, Nov. 2 7:30 am – 12:00 pm CNE: contact hours for nursing education CPHCE: for those certified in public health

Scientific Sessions - Maximum 18 credits Earn 1.5 credits for each 90 minute scientific session

Monday, October 31 Tuesday, November 1 Wednesday, November 2

6 hours

7.5 hours 4.5 hours

(Note: the evaluation system can be accessed from any computer with Internet access)

APHA 2016 ANNUAL MEETING • DENVER, CO

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