Continuing education credits (CECs) are available through the AACVPR. Upon completion and submission of the application, your program will be reviewed by members of the Educational committee.

Advantages:

• Your program will be advertised on the AACVPR Web site upon completion of the calendar announcement form.
• You will be able to offer AACVPR continuing education credits (CECs) to participants of your program.
• Affiliate Societies who are a member of the ALP agreement will be charged a discounted application fee of $100 for the CEC application
• Non-ALP Affiliate Societies or individuals will be charged the regular application fee of $300 for processing the application for CEC requests.
• There will be no charge for Program Certificates.

What kind of program is eligible for AACVPR program review?

There are no hard and fast rules but we suggest that the educational courses offer content designed to enhance the cardiopulmonary professional’s knowledge, judgment and skills

Examples include:

• Cardiac/pulmonary practice
• Cardiac/pulmonary research
• Critical program elements based on the published guidelines for cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation
• Biological, physical and behavioral science impacting our patient populations
• Management, administration or supervision of health care delivery as it pertains to the cardiac and pulmonary patient populations
• Teaching or learning processes
• Ethical or legal aspects of health care
• Other health care issues that influence these pertinent patient populations

What you must do:

Complete the application completely, available on line or by request from the national office. Expedited review is possible for a completed application but we prefer two months in advance.

• Follow the instructions on the cover page. Including all the elements requested will speed the review process along
• Be sure to include a contact person in case we have additional questions
• Some of the most common questions/problems we have include:
  • Speaker information is not complete
  • Objectives are omitted for one or more presentations
  • The program brochure does not clearly state speaker start and stop times, making it difficult to calculate CECs (1 CEC = 60 minutes)
  • If there are break out sessions, do they run concurrently?
  • Is partial attendance credit allowed?

If you have further questions please contact the National Office by telephone at (312) 321-5146 or email to aacvpr@aacvpr.org

To apply for AACVPR CEC, please download and complete the CEC application