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  Continuing Education

In order to be eligible for a continuing education certificate, attendees must complete the online evaluation within thirty days of the continuing education activity.  After this period, you will be unable to receive a certificate.  For details, please review your event confirmation email.

 

This Institute for Healthcare Improvement activity carries the following types of continuing education credits:

 Continuing Education for Physicians
 Continuing Education for Nurses

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  The Institute for Healthcare Improvement takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

Pre-conference Minicourses 
6 credit hours

General Conference                              10.75 credit hours

 

IHI designates this educational activity for a maximum of 16.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement is approved as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the Massachusetts Association of Registered Nurses which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

 

Pre-conference Minicourses                  
6 hours

General Conference                                                    10.75 Contact hours

 

*All RN licensing boards nationwide acknowledge and accept contact hours from accredited providers. The California Board of Registered Nursing recognizes Category 1 Continuing Medical Education credits, and California nurses can use participation at these events, which are approved for CME Category 1 Credits, towards their license renewal, regardless of whether or not they were held on California soil.  In the section where California nurses are asked to provide a BRN number, please indicate that the IHI event attended was approved for Category 1 CME credits.  For further inquiries, the California Board of Registered Nursing is in Sacramento, and their number is 916-322-3350.

http://www.nursingworld.org/ancc/accred/providers.html 

 American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Credit Hours

This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 15.75 Prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians.

 

Please note that credits are not available for sessions listed as TBD.