The national professional organizations that grant ACHA continuing education accreditation require that each continuing education offering be evaluated by those in attendance. Each person who attends your session and requests continuing education credit will be asked to rate your presentation as to the extent the learning objective(s) were achieved.
Content can be described as the information that will be presented to meet each learning objective. Example:
Objective: Define sleep deprivation.
Content: degrees of sleep, quantity of sleep, quality of sleep, circadian factors
Content must:
On the Program Submission Form, you will be asked to provide specific sources for your content. Please provide complete information for these sources so that program planners can easily access the information. Examples:
Correct | Incorrect |
www.cdc.gov/diabetes/surveillance/index.htm | CDC Info on Diabetes |
Seaquist, E.R., Addressing the Burden of Diabetes, JAMA, Vol. 311, No. 2:62267-2268. |
JAMA article on Diabetes |
CDC 2010 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Guidelines | New STI Guidelines |
University of Michigan Sleep Disorder Center, www.med.umich.edu/neuro/sleeplab/index.htm | Research from Michigan on Sleep Disorders |
As you are developing your learning objectives, keep in mind that studies have shown that adults learn:
Please allow adequate time at the end of your presentation for a Question & Answer period. This allows participants to follow-up on key points from your presentation and also allows you to assess the extent to which your session’s learning objectives were achieved.