Showcase Presenter: Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education™

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    Showcase Presenter: Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education™

    Showcase title:

    Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education™

    Presentation:

    Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education

    Presenter Bios:

    Dimitra V. Travlos, PharmD

    • Assistant Executive Director and Director, CPE Provider Accreditation

    • Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)

    Dimitra V. Travlos, PharmD, is Assistant Executive Director and Director, Continuing Pharmacy Education Provider Accreditation. Dr. Travlos’ responsibilities include administration of evaluative processes in continuing pharmacy education, provision of staff support and consultative guidance on activities and issues relating to the continuing education providers, provision of educational support for the ACPE standards, and support for a quality assurance process of continuing pharmacy education. She also is responsible for Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education™ pathway, a collaboration with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and American Nurses Credentialing Center. Prior to joining ACPE, Dr. Travlos was an Associate Professor in the Division of Pharmacy Practice at St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Dr. Travlos received a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy.

     

    Dion Andrew Richetti, DC-Chiropractic

    • Vice President, Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)

    Dion Richetti is the Vice President for Accreditation and Recognition at the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the nonprofit organization responsible for accrediting US institutions that offer continuing medical education (CME) to physicians and other health care professionals. In this position, Mr. Richetti oversees the ACCME's accreditation and recognition processes for approximately 700 ACCMEaccredited providers and 41 Recognized Accreditors (state/territory medical societies). These responsibilities include managing the ACCME’s accreditation and recognition teams, as well as contributing to the ACCME's strategic planning, management, quality assurance, and continuous improvement processes.

    Mr. Richetti has more than 15 years of experience in the CE profession. He has served in leadership roles at two ACCMEaccredited providers, and served as an ACCME volunteer surveyor and field reviewer for the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) prior to joining the ACCME. He has enjoyed working in healthcare and healthcare education since 1989.

    He has held numerous CE leadership roles, including serving on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Alliance for CME. He has served as faculty for the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Profession’s Annual Conference, the Illinois Alliance for CME’s educational sessions, and the ACCME Bridge to Quality Accreditation Workshops. He has also served on the boards of healthcare nonprofits and healthcare planning councils in Chicago and Newark, New Jersey.

    Mr. Richetti earned his chiropractic degree from the National University of Health Sciences and his bachelor of arts degree in biology at Colgate University.

    Content Description:

    The first and only innovation in the world offering 3 accreditations in 1 review process, Joint Accreditation™ promotes interprofessional continuing education (IPCE) activities specifically designed to improve interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) in health care delivery.

    A leading model for IPCP itself, Joint Accreditation™ establishes the standards for education providers to deliver continuing education planned by the healthcare team for the healthcare team. This distinction is awarded from 3 global leaders in the field of accreditation:

    • Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)

    • Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)

    • American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

    Beginning in 1998, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) began the process of aligning the three accrediting systems to create a unified “joint accreditation” process for organizations that develop education for the healthcare team. The goals of this joint accreditation are to support interprofessional collaborative practice (IPCP) through interprofessional continuing education (IPCE), and at the same time to streamline the accreditation processes. Interprofessional education (IPE) is designed to address the professional practice gaps of the healthcare team using an educational planning process that reflects input from those healthcare professionals who make up the team. The education is designed to change the skills/strategy, performance, or patient outcomes of the healthcare team. In March 2009, specific joint accreditation criteria, eligibility information and process steps for joint accreditation were released. The ACCME, ACPE and ANCC began making Joint Accreditation™ decisions in July 2010. Now, these criteria and processes have been updated to reflect the experiences of the providers and the accreditors, and to be more aligned with other stakeholders of IPCP.

    Learner Objectives:

    1. Discuss a means to provide continuing education by the team for the team to improve health care delivery and patient care.

    2. Position your program as a strategic partner in healthcare improvement initiatives.