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ACCME Accreditation Statement

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

The AAP designates this enduring material for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

The AAP designates this PI CME activity for a maximum of 20 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

This Performance Improvement CME program has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of 20 AAPA Category 1 PI-CME credits by the Physician Assistant Review Panel. All stages of the activity must be completed for a participant to claim any credit. Approval is valid until October 9, 2017. Physician Assistants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This program was planned in accordance with AAPA's CME Standards.

This program is accredited for 26 NAPNAP CE contact hour of which 4 contain pharmacology (Rx), (0 related to psychopharmacology) (0 related to controlled substances), content per the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Continuing Education Guidelines.

This activity is acceptable for a maximum of 26 credits. These credits can be applied toward the AAP CME/CPD Award available to Fellows and Candidate Members of the AAP.

 

Course Goals

 

The goal of this EQIPP: Eliminating Tobacco Use and Exposure to Secondhand Smoke course is to help you create plans for improvement and to address gaps identified in key activities of care. These activities focus on improving ongoing medical care and patient self-management education and support. You will collect baseline and follow-up data as you work to improve care and processes through Plan, Do, Study, and Act (PDSA) cycles.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, you will:

  • Describe the burden of family tobacco use.

 

  • Systemically screen families to find out if any members smoke and if they have no-smoking policy in their home and cars (ASK).  Routinely elevate the importance of tobacco as a health factor and allow provision of education to families about the harms of tobacco use and exposure.

 

  • Motivate tobacco users to make changes in use and present options proven to be effective to help tobacco users quit (ASSIST). 

 

  • Help tobacco users develop a specific quit strategy that includes follow-up contact (ASSIST/REFER)

 

  • Measure and improve care delivery and processes concerning tobacco control by doing the following:

 

  • Collect and analyze baseline data to establish a starting point for improvement.
  • Identify one or more performance gaps in key activities of care.
  • Create an improvement plan for closing identified performance gap(s) and document the improvement idea to be tested:

AIM: What are we trying to improve or accomplish?

MEASURES: How will we know that a change made is an improvement?

CHANGES: What changes can we make that will result in improvement?

  • Test ideas quickly on a small scale to determine if the changes lead to improvement.
  • Collect and analyze follow-up data to measure the results of the test.
  • Determine how to sustain successful changes and how to systematically integrate them into the culture, processes, and workflow of your practice.
  •  Create additional improvement plans and repeat PDSA cycles until you reach the maximum potential of providing optimal care in your practice.


 

Disclosure of Financial Relationships and Resolution of Conflicts of Interest for AAP CME Activities Grid

 

The AAP CME program aims to develop, maintain, and improve the competence, skills, and professional performance of pediatricians and pediatric healthcare professionals by providing quality, relevant, accessible, and effective educational experiences that address gaps in professional practice. The AAP CME program strives to meet participants' educational needs and support their life-long learning with a goal of improving care for children and families. (AAP CME Program Mission Statement, January 2013).



The AAP recognizes that there are a variety of financial relationships between individuals and commercial interests that require review to identify possible conflicts of interest in a CME activity. The “AAP Policy on Disclosure of Financial Relationships and Resolution of Conflicts of Interest for AAP CME Activities” is designed to ensure quality, objective, balanced, and scientifically rigorous AAP CME activities by identifying and resolving all potential conflicts of interest prior to the confirmation of service of those in a position to influence and/or control CME content. The AAP has taken steps to resolve any potential conflicts of interest.



All AAP CME activities will strictly adhere to the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Commercial Support: Standards to Ensure the Independence of CME Activities. In accordance with these Standards, the following decisions will be made free of the control of a commercial interest: identification of CME needs, determination of educational objectives, selection and presentation of content, selection of all persons and organizations that will be in a position to control the content, selection of educational methods, and evaluation of the CME activity.

The purpose of this policy is to ensure all potential conflicts of interest are identified and mechanisms to resolve them prior to the CME activity are implemented in ways that are consistent with the public good. The AAP is committed to providing learners with commercially unbiased CME activities.



Activity Title: Eliminating Tobacco Use and Exposure to Secondhand Smoke

Activity Location: Online

Activity Dates: October 9, 2014 to October 9, 2017

Disclosure of Financial Relationships

 

All individuals in a position to influence and/or control the content of AAP CME activities are required to disclose to the AAP and subsequently to learners that the individual either has no relevant financial relationships or any financial relationships with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in CME activities. *Commercial interest is defined as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.

 Name

Relevant Financial Relationship

(Please indicate Yes, or No) 

Name of Commercial Interest(s)*

(Please list name(s) of entity)

AND

Nature of Relevant Financial Relationship(s)

(Please list: Research Grant, Speaker’s Bureau, Stock/Bonds excluding mutual funds, Consultant, Other - identify) 

Disclosure of Off-Label (Unapproved)/Investigational Uses of Products

AAP CME faculty are required to disclose to the AAP and to learners when they plan to discuss or demonstrate pharmaceuticals and/or medical devices that are not approved by the FDA and/or medical or surgical procedures that involve an unapproved or “off-label” use of an approved device or pharmaceutical.

 

(Do intend to discuss or Do not intend to discuss) 

Drehmer, Jeremy (Author)

No

None

Do not intend to discuss

 

Gorzowksi, Julie, MSW (Staff)

No

None

Do not intend to discuss

Groner, Judith, MD, FAAP (Reviewer)

 No

None

Do not intend to discuss

Hipple, Bethany (Author)

 No

None

 

Do intend to discuss

Katta Elizabeth (Staff)

 No

None

Do not intend to discuss

Klein, Jonathan (Staff)

 No

None

 

Do intend to discuss

Lori Morawski, MPH

(Staff)

 No

 None

 Do intend to discuss

Murphy, Sybil (Author)

 No

 None

 Do not intend to discuss

Nabi, Emara

 No

 None

 Do not intend to discuss

Nelsen, Erika

(Staff)

 No

 None

 Do not intend to discuss

O’Brill, Tamiko

(Staff)

 No

 None

 Do not intend to discuss

Schaefer, Regina

(Staff)

 No

 None

 Do not intend to discuss

Winickoff, Jonathan

(author)

 No

 None

 Do not intend to discuss

 

Commercial Supporters

The EQIPP: Eliminating Tobacco Use and Exposure to Secondhand Smoke course was produced by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

 

Product-Specific Advertising

No product-specific advertising of any type appears in this activity.  No links to product websites appear in this activity.

 

Principal Faculty and Credentials

Jeremy Drehmer, MPH, CPH

Bethany Hipple Walters, MPH

AAP Staff:

Regina M. Whitmore Shaefer, MPH

Elizabeth Katta, MPH

Julie Gorzowski, MSW

Erika Nelsen

Lori Morawski, MPH, CHES

Tamiko O’Brill, MS

Name of Medium or Combination of Media Used

Internet course

Method of physician participation in the learning process

The EQIPP: Eliminating Tobacco Use and Exposure to Secondhand Smoke course requires you to do some work online and some offline. The online work involves reviewing the content presentation, researching linked information, and participating in guided activities. The offline work includes the performance improvement activities you will do within your own practice to improve the key activities in your practice.



Please note:  CME credit is only awarded to learners who enter and analyze data.  Using sample data provided by EQIPP will exclude learners from receiving AMA Category 1 Credit for the performance improvement activity portion of the course.

 

Estimated time to complete the educational activity

You may progress through the course at a pace that is comfortable for you, taking into consideration the demands of your practice. But it is important to establish a goal for completion. The amount of time you are likely to spend per clinical content area can vary depending on if you pursue additional links for more learning.

 

You may also want to consider some elapsed time between sections to “catch your breath.”

Completion requirements for the Performance Improvement activity include:

  1. Enter baseline data and analyze your results.
  2. Create an improvement plan that has a minimum of 1 aim statement.
  3. Document a minimum of 1 idea for change
  4. Enter data for a minimum of one follow up data set and analyze your results.
  5. Submit a course evaluation.

Generally speaking, the course can be completed within 4-8 months, depending on the number of improvement cycles you make to reach the goals you have set for your practice.

 

Instructions for Claiming Credit

You may claim a maximum of 26 AMA PRA Category 1TM enduring material credits after completing all the assessments in the course. In order to pass an assessment, you must complete the assessment with a score of 70% or greater. You may claim 20 AMA PRA Category 1TM performance improvement credits after fulfilling the completion requirements noted in the section above (sample data users are not eligible).

To initiate credit claiming, click the Claim Credit link on the course home page.

American Board of Pediatrics Maintenance of Certification Requirements

 

The American Board of Pediatrics requires two data cycles to meet MOC requirements. A data cycle consists of Baseline data entry, an improvement plan, an idea for change, and followup data entry.

Dates of Original Release and Most Recent Review or Revision

This course was launched on October 9, 2014.

 

Termination Date

This course will remain online until October 9, 2017 It will no longer be certified for credit after October 9, 2017.

 

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Provider Contact information

If you have questions about this course or encounter technical problems, please contact EQIPP at Email: [email protected]. Subject: EQIPP: Eliminating Tobacco Use and Exposure to Secondhand Smoke

 

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