Final Program [5.4MB pdf] - American College Health Association

Partners Under the PalmsThis annual meeting provides numerous opportunities for physicians,physician assistants, nurses, health educators, psychologists,counselors, and pharmacists to earn continuing education credits.• The American College Health Associationis accredited by the Accreditation Councilfor Continuing Medical Education toprovide continuing medical educationfor physicians. The American CollegeHealth Association designates thiseducational activity for a maximum of26.5 category 1 credits toward theAMA Physician’s Recognition Award.Each physician should claim only thosecredits that he/she actually spent inthe activity.• This program for 28.5 contacthours is provided byACHA, which is accreditedas a provider of continuing nursingeducation by the American NursesCredentialing Center’s Commission onAccreditation.• ACHA has been designated as aprovider (#MD0011, Event #01023)of continuing health education bythe National Commission for HealthEducation Credentialing Inc. This programhas been awarded 28.5 category 1continuing education contact hours.• ACHA is approved by the AmericanPsychological Association to sponsorcontinuing education for psychologists.ACHA maintains responsibility for thisprogram and its content. This programhas been awarded 26.5 hours of continuingeducation for psychologists.• The University of TexasCollege of Pharmacy isaccredited by theAccreditation Council forPharmacy Education as a provider ofcontinuing pharmaceutical education.Pharmacists may receive a maximumof 1.9 CEUs (19 contact hours) forsuccessful completion of the program.Successful completion of the programincludes attending the accreditedsession(s) and completing a Record ofAttendance/Evaluation Form. Continuingeducation statements will be mailed byThe University of Texas directly to participantswithin 6-8 weeks following theprogram.• Selected sessions in this program havebeen approved by the National Boardfor Certified Counselors. National certifiedcounselors may receive a maximumof 26.5 credits.• This activity has been reviewed and isacceptable for up to 26.25 credits by theAmerican Academy of Family Physicians.This includes 25.25 Prescribed and 4.0Elective credits. Since some sessions runconcurrently, no more than 26.5 creditsmay be reported.ACHA guards against discrimination in selecting faculty or participants for continuingeducation activities, and makes every effort to maintain awareness of individualdifferences 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; socioeconomicstatus; veteran status. Faculty are chosen for their expertise to meet specific needs oftrainees and their availability. Faculty and participants are not asked to identify anysensitive information and no selection is made on the basis of the individual differenceslisted above.CONTINUING EDUCATIONCONTINUINGEDUCATION KEYCME identifies the CE credit hoursavailable for physicians andphysician assistants.AAFP-P/ identifies the Prescribed/ElectiveAAFP-E credit hours available to membersof the American Academy ofFamily Physicians.CH identifies the CE contact hoursavailable to nurses.CECH identifies the CE contact hoursavailable to certified healtheducation specialists.PsyCE identifies the CE credit hoursavailable to psychologists.NBCC identifies the CE credit hoursavailable to national certifiedcounselors.PhCE identifies the CE contact hoursavailable to pharmacists.FACULTY DISCLOSUREDECLARATIONIt is the policy of ACHA to insure balance,independence, objectivity, and scientificrigor in all its individually sponsored orjoint-sponsored educational programs.All faculty participating in any ACHAsponsoredprograms are expected todisclose to the program audience:1) Any relationship betweenspeakers and commercial entities2) Discussion of off-label uses ofmedications and/or devices3) Any limitations in data citedwww.acha.org/AnnualMeeting08Final Program27