CE Credits Available for this Activity: .75
Release and Expiration Dates
11/7/2023 – 11/7/2026
Knowledge Gap: This activity aims to educate healthcare providers with the most up-to-date information on how the DCOC IRB functions in ISPCTN studies.
Target Audience: The target audience includes all healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals who would like to learn about the role and functionality of the DCOC IRB administrators.
Program Overview: The purpose of this activity is to educate medical professionals on how the DCOC IRB functions in ISPCTN studies.
Objectives
State the roles of DCOC IRB administrators in ISPCTN studies.
Explain how the DCOC IRB administrators’ roles change during the course of a study.
Explain how DCOC IRB administrators work as liaisons between cIRB and relying sites.
References
US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institutional Review Board (IRB)
ECHO IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (ISPCTN)
Financial Disclosure Statement
The following planners, speakers, moderators, peer reviewers, and/or panelists of this CE activity have financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose:
Jessica Snowden, MD – Consultant: Pfizer
All financial relationships have been mitigated.
No other planners, speakers, and/or peer reviewers of this CME activity have relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
The compliance reviewer, Courtney Bryant, Sara Hale, or Brandie Jones, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.
Planners: Jessica Snowden, MD; Jeannette Lee, PhD; Lora Lawrence, RN; Catrice Banks-Johnson, MPA; DeAnn Hubberd, MA
Speaker(s): Andrea Moerman-Herzog, Ph.D.
Speaker(s) Bio
Andrea is an IRB Administrator for the ECHO ISPCTN Data Coordinating and Operations Center (DCOC) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock, Arkansas. She joined UAMS in 1997 as a postdoctoral fellow, has been involved in translational human research since 2014, and joined the DCOC in 2022. In her role as an IRB Administrator, she will manage administrative activities for multi-site clinical studies and serve as a liaison between the central Institutional Review Board at UAMS and study sites. This will include drafting study-related documents, creating CLARA submissions, and collecting regulatory documents from project personnel and participating sites.
Instructions to Obtain Credit
(1) Launch the activity
(2) View the module
(3) Take 1 post-test at the end
(4) Complete Evaluation and Print certificate
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation Statements
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of .75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ACPE Credit Designation Statement
These knowledge-based activities will provide pharmacists with up to .75 contact hour or 1 CEU. CE credit information, based on participation and completion of the program evaluation, will be provided to NABP within 60 days after the activity completion.
ANCC Credit Designation Statement
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of .75 ANCC contact hours. Nursing contact hours will be awarded for successful completion of program components based upon documented attendance and completion of evaluation materials.
AAPA Credit Designation Statement
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for .75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Disclosure Policy Statement
It is the policy of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), Office of Continuing Education (OCE) to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all directly or jointly provided educational activities. All individuals who are in a position to control the content of the educational activity (course/activity directors, planning committee members, staff, teachers, or authors of CE) must disclose all relevant financial relationships they have with any commercial interest(s) as well as the nature of the relationship. The ACCME describes relevant financial relationships as those in any amount occurring within the past 24 months that create a conflict of interest. Individuals who refuse to disclose will be disqualified from participation in the development, management, presentation, or evaluation of the CE activity.
UAMS Office of Continuing Education (OCE) Contact Information
Email: cmeconf@uams.edu
Phone: 501-661-7962
DCOC Contact Information
Catrice Banks-Johnson
Email: crbanksjohnson@uams.edu
DeAnn Hubberd
Email: DEHubberd@uams.edu
