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Individual Activity Approval Description
Activities appropriate for approval using the Educational Design criteria includes both those provider-directed or provider-paced (live, face to face) activities and learner-directed or learner paced (independent study) activities.
Within the current criteria (ANCC, 2006), there is a single Educational Design although the provider will implement the criteria in a manner that is appropriate to the provider-directed or the learner-directed methods of delivering the education. Activities that participants attend, such as conferences, programs, symposia, conventions, courses, seminars, workshops, and lecture series are appropriate for awarding contact hours, as are distance-learning activities delivered synchronously to groups of participants, such as teleconferences and audio conferences. Examples of activities planned by the provider but completed by the learner at the learner's own pace and choice of time include but are not limited to viewing videotapes or listening to audiotapes asynchronously (on their own) and completing posttest questions; accessing computer on-line activities; reading selected article(s) and completing posttest questions; and learning and practicing skills independently and seeking an instructor to evaluate a return demonstration.
The MONA criteria are based on the criteria for Education Activities established by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation (ANCC COA, 2006). Knowledge and use of adult learning principles should be reflected in all aspects of the educational design of the education activity, including objectives, content, teaching methods, and selection of the site of the activity, if applicable. Approval of an individual activity is for a two-year period.
The following information will assist the applicant in meeting the criteria for providers submitting an activity for individual education activity approval:
- A total of four (4) copies of the application and supporting documentation along with the review fee must be submitted at least 45 calendar days prior to the date of the educational activity. Late applications will not be reviewed.
- Complete the application in full by including a narrative or direction to a supporting document for each criterion listed. Do not leave any criterion blank. Blank responses will not be accepted. The reviewers are evaluating the overall strength of the educational design of the activity. The review team can do this only with the information provided in the application.
- Respond to each criterion as thoroughly as possible. Do not simply repeat the criterion in an affirmative statement. Instead, explain how you are meeting the criterion. For example, instead of saying learning needs of RNs were assessed, you need to describe how these needs were assessed, what the results of the needs assessments were, and how these results influenced the planning committee's decision to design the program as it did.
- It is not necessary to submit information that is superfluous to the application i.e. presenter handouts. Unnecessary documentation only adds to copying costs and does little to strengthen the application or facilitate review.
- Try to limit the application to 20 pages for educational activities (pages can be double-sided).
- Document the expertise of planners, presenters, and resources. You may use the Biographical Data Form or another form that provides for documentation of the educational and experiential qualifications of planners, presenters and resources. The form used should accomplish this in a concise manner; lengthy full CV's are not encouraged, since they put the burden on the reviewer to try to locate relevant education and experience amid extraneous material. These forms should be completed in enough detail to communicate to the CE Approver Unit subcommittee why these individuals were selected to serve in the capacity stated. Please preface these forms with a list of the names of the planning committee and the faculty.
- Document any conflict of interest (financial relationship or other vested interest) of planners, presenters and resources. You may use the sample form provided in this manual or develop your own. Remember that all those in a position to influence content must complete the form; if they have no conflict of interest or vested interest, they declare that they do not, but the forms of planners, presenters and resources are part of a complete education activity application.
- For activities with multiple presenters or multiple sessions, it is very important that the application be organized in a manner to facilitate the review process.
- Applications must be typed, in English and bound in secure manner, i.e. stapled, secured with a clip or placed in a binder or folder.
- Be sure all copies are clearly reproduced. Handwritten information and poorly reproduced copies are more difficult to read. The appearance and organization of the application will have an impact on the reviewer. A CNE application that appears "thrown together" gives a negative impression. Misspelled words, incorrect use of grammar, and incomplete sentences all portray a negative image of the provider of the CNE activity.
- Follow the order of the guidelines and criteria when preparing an application. When the information in the application does not correspond with the numbering, guidelines and criteria, the reviewers spend an incredible amount of time searching through the information trying to decide which criterion the information is addressing. This slows the review process and increases the chance of reviewer oversight of information.
- Sample forms have been created to assist you and are included at the end of the application materials. If these sample forms are used, please remove the "Sample" wording prior to submission.
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