Join the ARC-PA in St. Louis, July 8-10, 2012 for its annual summer accreditation workshop. This summer’s workshop will be open to program directors, medical directors, principal faculty and deans from currently accredited programs.
Programs are limited to two attendees per program. As space is limited, priority will be given to individuals from those programs scheduled for site visits between January 2013 and December 2016 and to individuals who did not attend the summer workshops in 2009, 2010 or 2011. This workshop is not open to individuals from unaccredited developing programs.
Workshop registration deadline is June 4, 2012
The workshop provides an overview of the accreditation process including sessions designed to give participants the opportunity to ask questions and discuss the interpretation of individual Standards. Sessions will include discussion of the accreditation manual to include ARC-PA policies and methods of demonstrating compliance with the Standards. Presentations will include information on how to use the Standards as a planning tool for your program, especially in light of the new self-study report format. Facilitators will address the program data management portal and the new ARC-PA annual report.
Registrants will be place in breakout groups for portions of the workshop. Depending on the backgrounds of the registrants, breakout groups will be focused on issues of institutional support, preparing the accreditation application, completing the self-study report or using the program data management portal.
This workshop will focus on bringing the Standards, accreditation manual and application components together as a working tool for programs. Sessions will address the consistency of data collected over time in the new ARC PA annual report.
At the conclusion of the workshop, participants should be able to:
- Use the Standards as a useful guide in their roles in the program.
- Develop and implement strategies to demonstrate compliance of the Standards.
- Plan for useful data collection and analysis.
- Apply content from the workshop as they complete the accreditation application and self-study report.
- Apply content from the workshop to on-going development of their programs.
- Use the web based program data management portal as a communication tool with the ARC-PA
Sessions Include:
- Overview of Accreditation Process, Standards, Accreditation Manual
- Demonstrating Compliance with Standards
- Using the Standards As An Ongoing Planning Tool For Your Program
- Data Analysis: What Do I Need For The New Standards? How Should We Analyze What We Collect?
- Organizing Your PA Program Staff and Faculty In Relation to the Standards
- Completion of the accreditation application and self-study report
- The portal as a communication tool
Format: Structured presentation sessions, open question and answer sessions and small group breakout sessions related to demonstrating compliance with the Standards and the needs of those in attendance.
Facilitators: ARC-PA commissioners and staff
Questions? Contact Laura Stuetzer at arcpaljs@hotmail.com