A Regularly Scheduled Series (RSS) is a live activity, planned as a series with multiple, ongoing sessions, typically offered weekly, monthly, or quarterly. A RSS is primarily planned by and presented to the accredited organization's professional staff and generally targets the same audience over the whole series. Examples include grand rounds, tumor boards, and morbidity and mortality conferences.
Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) planning process requirements
The planning process for educational activities classified as “interprofessional” must demonstrate:
- An integrated planning process that includes healthcare professionals from two or more professions.
- An integrated planning process that includes healthcare professionals who are reflective of the target audience members the activity is designed to address.
- An intent to achieve outcome(s) that reflect a change in skills, strategy, or performance of the healthcare team and/or patient outcomes.
- Reflection of one or more of the interprofessional competencies to include: values/ethics, roles/responsibilities, interprofessional communication, and/or teams/teamwork.
- An opportunity for learners to learn with, from, and about each other.
- Annual activity evaluation that seeks to determine:
- Changes in skills, strategy, performance of one’s role or contribution as a member of the healthcare team; and/or
- impact on the healthcare team; and/or
- impact on the patient.
Planning a Regularly Scheduled Series
Accredited continuing education (ACE) activities require an integrated planning process that includes healthcare professionals who are reflective of the target audience the activity is designed to address. All RSS must be designed to make a change in knowledge, skills/strategy, performance, or patient outcomes.
For all activities, the planning committee must include at least two healthcare professionals.
For IPCE activities, the planning committee must be comprised of appropriate representation of the target audience(s) and accreditation type(s). This ensures that all relevant professions are involved in the planning process.
The application form, along with the requested documentation, must be submitted yearly for approval effective January 1st of the following year.
Application process for approval of Dartmouth Health Joint Accreditation credit
- Any Regularly Scheduled Series seeking to apply for credit must appoint an RSS Lead Planner and an RSS Administrative Coordinator who are required to complete an annual application. Review the following documents:
- Review the checklist and frequently used documents:
- Complete the online continuing education accreditation application.
- For RSS, select Directly Provided-Regularly Scheduled Series for the activity format.
- For grand rounds, speaker email addresses and required information must be added to the learning management system at least 15 business days prior to their presentation date to allow time for the mitigation process if necessary. Please do not add speakers to the planning committee.
- For case conferences, financial disclosure forms are only required for the Lead Planner and planning committee members (not regular attendees).
- Upload a draft of the advertisement, i.e., flyer, email announcement, if applicable.
- If there will be commercial money (grants) associated with the learning activity, please contact accreditedce@hitchcock.org at the outset of the planning process.
- If the session is being recorded, the media consent form (DOCX) must be completed by non-Dartmouth Health faculty/speakers. Note: Forms should be kept with Lead Planner/Activity Coordinator files. They do not need to be uploaded into the application.
- If you have any questions, contact accreditedce@hitchcock.org.
Accreditation will be withheld until the application is approved. Retroactive credit cannot be awarded.