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Role of the CE Developer

The CE Developer is usually the education developer within a ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø center, institute, or office (CIO) or a ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø-funded organization who serves as the primary point of contact between the organization requesting CE and ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø.

The Education Developer will also:

• Review and sign the "Responsibility Agreement and Continuing Education Timeline" which outlines deadlines for the educational activity.
• Attend an orientation with the assigned ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø CE Consultant
• Establish a planning committee.
• Provide completed CE proposal documents by the agreed upon deadlines.
• Maintain contact with all confirmed planners and presenters to get required documents from each of them.
• Defer to the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø CE Consultant to clarify issues or uncertainties with the CE proposal documents.
• Notify the ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø CE Consultant of any changes in the CE process or educational activity title, date, or time.
• Ensure CE activity is accurately listed in ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø TRAIN.

The CE Developer should have knowledge of:

• The educational activity purpose and content
• Adult learning principles
• Educational principles:
  • Assessing training needs
  • Analyzing gaps in knowledge, skills, or practice
  • Writing SMART learning objectives
  • Writing goal statements
  • Planning and implementing learning activities
  • Evaluating outcomes

Forming a Planning Committee

The Education Developer must identify a group of experts that represent the activity's intended audience. This group must include a representative for each of continuing education (CE). This committee will help design and implement the educational activity. ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø can help determine which roles to include on the planning committee.

Role of Nurse Planner

ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø assigns a Nurse Planner from ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's CE Accreditation Team to the program requesting CE for a specific educational activity. The assigned nurse planner will provide feedback during the proposal process to help ensure the proposal meets accreditation requirements. The nurse planner is a registered nurse with an active license.

Programs seeking Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) are encouraged to identify an additional nurse with an active license to serve as a planning committee member, a presenter, or subject matter expert on the content.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide relevant insight on educational needs, intended audience, and learning assessments for each CNE activity.
• Assure educational activities are planned according to current American Nurse Credentialing Center (ANCC) criteria, policies, and procedures, including the following:
  • Identifying and addressing a professional practice gap.
  • Identifying one or more learning outcomes.
  • Using strategies to engage the learners in the educational activity.
  • Ensuring content is based on the most current evidence (may include, but is not limited to evidence-based practice, literature review, clinical guidelines, best practices).
  • Confirming that learning outcomes are evaluated appropriately.
  • Planning independently, without influence of commercial interest organizations.

The nurse planner is familiar with:

• Adult learning principles.
• ANCC and Joint Accreditation continuing education requirements.

Role of Pharmacy Planner

The pharmacy planner is a necessary member of the planning committee for Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) requests. They should be a registered pharmacist with an active license.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as the pharmacy subject matter expert on the planning committee, providing relevant insight on educational needs, intended audience, and learning assessments for each CPE activity.
• Review content and objectives to ensure compliance with Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) continuing education requirements.
• Review the Educational Planning Tool for sufficient pharmacy content.
  • Assure educational activities are planned according to current ACPE criteria, policies, and procedures.
  • Assure the learning material being presented is appropriate for pharmacists.

The Pharmacy Planner should be familiar with:

• Adult learning principles.
• The Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education (CAPE) objectives and educational outcomes.
• ACPE continuing education requirements.

Role of the CHES/MCHES Planner

The Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES®) /Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES®) Planner is a necessary part of the planning committee when requesting CHES®/MCHES® continuing education.

Primary Responsibilities

• Have knowledge about:
  • Assess training needs.
  • Analyze gaps in knowledge, skill, or practice.
  • Plan and implement learning activities.
  • Evaluate outcomes.
• Assign the appropriate competencies and/or sub-competencies from the NCHEC eight areas of responsibility.
• Serve as a liaison between the NCHEC and the planning committee.
• Review the educational activity, assess objectives and content, and assign competencies/sub-competencies.
• Assure educational activities are planned according to current NCHEC criteria, policies, and procedures.
• Assure the learning material being presented is appropriate for the target audience identified.
• Assure adult learning principles are considered in the educational activity planning process.