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PLEASE NOTE: February 4th update. The deadline for submission has been extended to February 14th. Please review the Call for CEI Proposal below or download a full Submission Packet (call and submission forms) from http://www.apha.org/education/. Please note that program planner, Valerie Okrend, will not be available between February 10-17 to answer inquiries. Incomplete submissions will be reviewed for missing elements and you will be given the opportunity to provide them. CALL FOR CEI PROPOSALS 2003 AND GENERAL INFORMATION This call for proposals marks the start of the CEI Program planning process for APHA’s 131st Annual Meeting being held in San Francisco, CA, November 15th-19th. BACKGROUND What are they? CEIs are held immediately prior to APHA’s Annual Meetings. They play a valuable role in responding to the educational needs of APHA membership and annual meeting registrants. These half-day or full-day events afford learners the chance to participate in an educational experience of a more intense and interactive nature than available through normal meeting scientific sessions. APHA strives to make its CEI offerings as appealing as possible to a diversity of professionals. It does this by soliciting CEI proposals from the entire public health community. 2003 TOPICS / AREAS OF INTEREST APHA encourages CEI submissions that compliment the 2003 Annual Meeting theme: "Behavior, Lifestyle and Social Determinants of Health", and that address current or emerging issues in public health practice, research, or education. APHA also welcomes proposals that relate to any of the policy areas which were addressed by APHA through its 2002 proposed policy statements. The following are the areas under with the proposed policy statements fall: GROUP - A: PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS, AND RELATED ISSUES GROUP - B: ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH GROUP - C: ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE GROUP - D: SOCIAL AND OTHER ISSUES REVIEW CRITERIA All proposals are reviewed for responsiveness to criteria including: Topic Selection Is the CEI relevant to current or emerging issues in public health practice, research, policy or education? Learning Objectives Does the CEI include clearly stated learning objectives? Purpose/Need Is the CEI responsive to a defined target audience? Does the proposal explain the value of the topic to its intended target audience? Does the proposal describe how the audience's need for this topic was determined? Content Is the CEI content objective and/or expressed in a well-balanced matter, scientifically sound, and consistent with the purpose and learning objectives? Methodology Is the CEI educational format appropriate to both the topic and goals attainment? Particular attention will be directed to CEIs that put an emphasis on engaging the learner, i.e., workgroups, skill practice, case study, Q&A Evaluation Does there appear to be a measurable set of outcomes by which to assess the efficacy of the Institute and/or its content delivery? Expertise Do the faculty/presenters possess knowledge/expertise in the proposed topic area? SELECTION PROCESS A panel reviews all submissions and evaluates them based on the above criteria. APHA’s Educational Services Department uses the reviews to select only those proposals that promise to provide learning experiences of the highest caliber. Once a selection is made, APHA contacts the CEI Organizer (see CEI Roles and Responsibilities). Proposal submissions may have one of 3 outcomes. They are either accepted, ‘provisionally accepted', or rejected. Provisionally accepted means that the applicant is requested to address deficiencies in, or amend the submission. If the applicant complies, the proposal may be subsequently accepted. Outcomes will be made known to applicants by the end of March 2003. DEFINITIONS / CEI ROLES and RESPONSIBILITIES CEI Organizer: Applicant or any other designated faculty involved in the CEI who assumes the following responsibilities: - Act as the CEI's sole contact person for all communication with APHA - Share all relevant information with other CEI faculty - Obtain any information/materials requested by APHA from CEI faculty - Provide Coordinator at APHA with all required logistic information by deadlines - Cooperate with Coordinator to ensure compliance with CE requirements Faculty: Person presenting educational material to CEI registrants CEI Coordinator: APHA staff person serving as contact for matters concerning CEI PLANNING PROCESS AND LOGISTIC MATTERS CEI proposals that are accepted enter into the planning phase. At this time, APHA collaborates with the CEI Organizer to prepare for the event. APHA requires the CEI Organizer to meet all deadlines for submitting requested information, materials and/or documents. If a deadline cannot be met, the CEI Organizer shall inform APHA in advance and negotiate a revised submission date. Membership / Meeting Registration Faculty/presenters are not required to be APHA members in order to present at a CEI and do not pay registration fees for the day of the CEI. In order to attend the rest of the meeting, normal registration fees apply. Materials APHA can assist the CEI Organizer with material preparation and shipping. APHA offers to photocopy an original set of CEI handouts (provided by the CEI Coordinator) for registrants and ship them to Philadelphia. APHA can also forward materials (already prepared and sent to APHA by CEI faculty) to the meeting site in San Francisco. Deadline to be provided. Audio-visual Equipment APHA can make standard audio-visual equipment (AV) available to CEIs. Once CEI selections are made by APHA, the CEI Organizer receives an AV request form that must be returned by the given deadline. Any AV needs beyond the given deadline become the responsibility of the CEI Organizer. AV ordered and subsequently cancelled on the day of the Institute is billed to the CEI Organizer. Catering APHA does not provide lunches. For full-day CEIs, CEI registrants can locate food establishments on or near the meeting premises. APHA can arrange the catering of beverage and/or snack tables for mid-session breaks. APHA requires catering orders to be made by a given deadline. Forms and deadlines will be provided to the CEI Organizer upon CEI selection announcements. Breaks and lunch times must be included in the drafted CEI agenda/schedule. Expenses CEI faculty/presenters do not receive honoraria nor does APHA cover travel, hotel or incidental expenses incurred while at the meeting. Publicity APHA reserves the right to publicize any CEI if the proposal is accepted. Individual promotion of the CEI is prohibited and could jeopardize the CE credits for that CEI. APHA also reserves the right to modify/edit CEI title, description and/or materials in order to maximize the appeal of the Institute to the largest and most appropriate audience. For each CEI, the purpose, learning objectives, description, format, faculty information and disclosure statements will be made available to the public prior to the activity through the APHA Web site, print materials and in the Final Program. Audio-taping APHA requests permission from CEI faculty, as represented by the CEI Applicant/Organizer, to audiotape CEIs for potential use by the organization. See the Submission Form section of this document for a signed statement of approval. CONTINUING EDUCATION As an organization committed to providing quality CE/CME activities to its membership and meeting registrants, APHA must adhere to the requirements of various accrediting bodies and various professional organizations with which it collaborates. In the past APHA has made CE units/credits/contact hours available in a variety of professional disciplines. The following types of CE have been available in the past – health education for CHES (Certified Health Education Specialists), chiropractic, dental, dietary, nursing, social work, CME for physicians, pharmacy, environmental health, and podiatric. Each discipline has its own unique requirements of educational activities, and the organizations that provide them. Because APHA strives to make as many of its educational activities as possible eligible for CE, it must demand the cooperation of CE faculty in meeting CE requirements and following discipline-specific regulations. Educational Services staff takes responsibility for informing CEI Organizer of these details. SUBMISSION FORM OVERVIEW There are 2 ways to submit CEI Proposals 1) Download a CEI Proposal Submission Packet (Word or PDF format) from http://www.apha.org/education/ and use to submit proposal via email or paper format. 2) Use the CEI Online System by clicking on the Upper righthand corner of this panel. The Online CEI Proposal Submission system is being introduced for the first time for the 2003 Annual Meeting. Brief explanations and instructions are provided throughout the system and technical support is available from the Web master. Thank you for taking the time to submit a CEI proposal for 2003!
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