PAC/LAC offers joint-sponsorship opportunities
for those agencies who wish to provide continuing
education for physicians and/or nurses at their
events, and who themselves are not licensed providers
of continuing education.
Required Materials for CMEs and CEUs
Required Materials for CEUs ONLY
Fees
Calculating Continuing
Education Credits
Cultural and Linguistic Competency
Requirements
Required Materials For CMEs and CEUs
Click
here for CME/CEU Requirement Documents
Please review PAC/LAC's CME and CEU requirements
document above for detailed information
on how to complete the continuing education process.
Prospective joint sponsors must first fill out the Registration Form then submit a Request
for Joint Sponsorship form to PAC/LAC, no
later than one month prior to the scheduled event.
The request for joint sponsorship, along with
all flyers, brochures, or marketing materials
must be approved prior to the
continuing education event.
Continuing Education Units (CME/CEU) are only
valid upon PAC/LAC’s receipt of all required
documentation, including the following materials:
Requirements for CEUs ONLY
Click
here for CEU Requirement Documents
(If you wish to provide ONLY CEUs and not CMEs)
Please review PAC/LAC's CEU requirements
document above for detailed information
on how to complete the continuing education process.
Prospective joint sponsors must first fill out the Registration Form then submit a Request
for Joint Sponsorship form to PAC/LAC, no
later than one month prior to the scheduled event.
The request for joint sponsorship, along with
all flyers, brochures, or marketing materials
must be approved prior to the
continuing education event.
Continuing Education Units (CEU) are only
valid upon PAC/LAC’s receipt of all required
documentation, including the following materials:
- Registration Form
- Request
for Joint Sponsorship
- Flyer, brochure, marketing materials
- CV/Resume of speaker(s)
- Course syllabus, handouts
- Original sign-in sheet
- Completed evaluation form (please see sample document)
- Tally of Attendees (Total, #MDs, #RN, #Other)
- Record of Certificate of Completion issued to Nurses
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Fees
PAC/LAC offers reduced fees for continuing education
joint sponsorship to members, in addition to not-for-profit
organizations.
The following schedule of fees may be negotiable
on an individual basis:
Member Organizations
Opt #1: $2000 per calendar year for up to 10 events; $250 for each subsequent event
Opt #2: $250 per event
Non-Member Organizations
Opt #1: $2500 per calendar year for up to 10 events; $350 for each subsequent event
Opt #2: $350 per event
Nonprofit Organizations
$100 mandatory annual member fee
Membership fee covers up to 4 events; $50 to be charged for each subsequent event
For additional information or questions about
continuing education, please contact info@paclac.org.
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Calculating Continuing Education Credits
Please
refer to the following formula explanations to
calculate the requested continuing education credits
for your joint-sponsorship event.
The Board of Registered Nursing recognizes a
50-minute credit hour. To calculate the
number of credit hours for CEUs (Nurses):
- Determine the total number of educational/instructional
minutes for your event. This does not
include meals or breaks.
- Divide the total educational minutes by 50.
- Round down to the nearest 1/2 credit.
For example, if your program were
from 9 AM - 5 PM, with two 15-minute breaks,
and one hour for lunch, it would total 6 ½
instructional hours (390 minutes). Divide
that total by 50 minutes and round down to the
nearest 1/2 credit to determine that you can offer
7.5 CEUs.
The California Medical Association recognizes
a 60-minute credit hour. To calculate the
number of credit hours for CMEs (Physicians),
use the same formula as above, but divide by 60.
In this instance, 390 instructional minutes divided
by 60 equals 6.5 CMEs.
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Cultural and Linguistic Competency Requirements
As a result of Assembly Bill 1195 (Continuing
Education: Cultural and Linguistic Competency),
which went into effect on July 1, 2006, all continuing
medical education courses must now contain curriculum
that includes cultural and linguistic competency
in the practice of medicine. California-based
providers planning courses within the State of
California must comply with this law.
**This law specifically applies to CME granting
courses (physician credits), NOT CEU, or nursing
credits.
Exemption:
A continuing medical education course dedicated
solely to research or other issues that does not
include a direct patient care component is not
required to contain curriculum that includes cultural
and linguistic competency in the practice of medicine.
All other courses are considered nonexempt.
Expectations:
The IMQ/CMA expects that accredited providers
will make a good-faith effort to comply with Assembly
Bill 1195. When developing CME activities, it
is important to assess the need for cultural and
linguistic competency issues as suitable to each
educational subject. Not all issues will apply
to all CME activities. IMQ/CMA does expect, however,
some evidence that the provider has made an effort
to incorporate appropriate cultural and linguistic
competency topics into the educational content
of CME activities.
Resources:
For resources on integrating cultural and linguistic
competency elements into CME activities please
refer to the following documents:
• IMQ
presentation on AB 1195 - Carol Havens, MD,
Chair of the IMQ/CMA Committee on Continuing Medical
Education, presents the new accreditation standards
and policies generated by AB 1195 and the committee's
expectations for compliance.
• Addressing
Language Access Issues in Your Practice -
California Academy of Family Physicians has developed
this toolkit for you use.
• Report
on Assembly Bill 1195 commissioned by the
CA Endowment.
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