FAQs

When applying for Accreditation with Commendation, you determine the size of your CME program by calculating the number of activities during your current accreditation term, using the best information you have at the time of your application. These are the ranges: Small program: 39 or fewer activities; medium: 40-100; large: 101-250; extra‐large: 250 or more activities.

When calculating your program size, take into consideration how you enter your activities in the Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS). For example:

1. Report and count each course as a separate activity, even if it is repeated at multiple sites or on multiple dates.
2. Report and count each regularly scheduled series (RSS) as a single activity each year it is offered.
3. Count an enduring material as one activity, even if it is offered for multiple years, as long as the content has been unchanged. Enduring materials can be entered in PARS for up to a 3-year period. If the enduring material is reviewed and renewed for an additional 3-year period, it would then be entered as a new activity and be counted as a separate activity. Note that due to the way enduring materials have historically been entered in PARS, you may see multiple versions of the same enduring materials. You can still count them as one activity for each 3-year period in which they were offered.
4. Report and count journal-based CME activities individually by journal, article, or by collections of articles.