- Web-based Interface - By clicking “Add an Activity” on the Activities page, you can enter data about activities one at a time. The web-based interface is a good option for organizations that only provide a...
Maintaining Your Accreditation
When all of your activities for the Reporting Year are completed and "Closed", and you have verified the income and expense...
Test item writing is a CME activity based on a learner’s participation in the pre-publication development and review of any type...
If your organization assigns an internal code or identifier to each of its CME activities, you may enter it into this field.
The Provider Activity ID field is optional when entering single activities using the PARS...
The ACCME is committed to ensuring that accredited providers have tools and resources to help them meet ACCME policies and standards. Educational opportunities include resources available through the ACCME...
In a co-sponsorship relationship, if the commercial support is distributed amongst the accredited providers, each accredited provider should report the amount it receives. It is also...
Hours of instruction and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ designated may be the same or may be different. AMA PRA Category 1 Credits Designated is an optional field in...
No longer than three years. The ACCME policy on enduring materials requires both an original release date and an expiration date. In addition, the ACCME policy requires that you review each enduring material at least once every...
An important concept in PARS is that of “open” and “closed” activities. Open activities are those that have a minimum set of data entered for them: specifically, activity name, activity type, activity date, and, if applicable,...
When you report Internet Searching and Learning CME in PARS, aggregate and report all your data for Internet Searching and Learning CME for all learners into one activity. For hours of instruction, specify the...
There are several fields regarding commercial support that you are required to complete at the individual CME activity level. The following are explanations of each field that appear for activities recorded in Reporting...
Individuals who are designated as a Primary Contact, Billing Contact and/or CEO of an ACCME-accredited organization may access PARS with a unique login ID and password. Additionally, any of those three...
For providers receiving accreditation decisions in November 2011 or later, for reaccreditation purposes, you will be required to submit data about activities that you provided...
An enduring material is a printed, recorded, or computer-presented CME activity that may be used over time at various locations and which, in itself, constitutes...
Yes. Organizations must complete all of the fields on the Program Summary. If your organization did not have any programmatic income or expense for the year, you should enter zero (“0”) into each of the...
The process of seeking first-time, or "initial" accreditation from the ACCME generally takes twelve to eighteen months. The reaccreditation...
No. Please report the total number of non-resident MDs and DOs who participated in the activity, even if they did not seek CME credit for attending.
A course is identified as a regularly scheduled series (RSS) when it is planned to have
- a series with multiple sessions that
- occur on an ongoing basis (offered weekly, monthly, or quarterly) and ...
Yes. The ACCME has put together several tools for you to use related to uploading your activity data in batches using the Tab-Delimited Batch Upload feature in PARS. If you have not already...
Providers have two options for entering their activity data in batches:
For more information about...
When you report Journal-Based CME in PARS, report each article as one activity. For hours of instruction, specify the amount of time required to complete the activity. The number of participants should equal the total number of...
Committee learning is a CME activity that involves a physician learner’s participation in a committee process where the subject of which, if taught/learned in another format would be considered...
Yes, PARS is now being used as a tool for providers to submit information during the accreditation...
The ACCME delivers a "CME as a Bridge to Quality" Accreditation Workshop two to three times each year to provide training and support regarding the expectations of the ACCME Accreditation Criteria. To see...
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