Local chapter update: Applying for CCDS CEUs for your local chapter event

Offering CCDS CEUs for your next ACDIS local chapter event can be a great way to entice folks to participate. While there’s no monetary charge for chapters offering these credits, chapter leaders must follow the following process.

First, local chapter leaders must complete the local chapter CEU application and email it to Certifications Coordinator Penny Richards (prichards@acdis.org) and ACDIS Editor Linnea Archibald (larchibald@acdis.org) at least 30 days in advance of the meeting. This allows ACDIS the time necessary to process the application and request clarifications if needed.

The application should include all the details for the event (if there are multiple speakers, please include them on one form). It should be accompanied by speaker/presenter bios (with credentials), a list of learning objectives, a list of benefits to the attendee, and a timed agenda.

Please remember that one CEU is provided per hour of instruction, excluding breaks. For example, if your event is six hours long with four hours of educational sessions and two hours of networking breaks, you would be eligible to offer four CCDS CEUs.

You can use just one application for the whole event, regardless of the number of speakers you have presenting. There’s room on the application (and in your supplemental materials outlined on the application) to include all the presenters at once.

A good rule of thumb to ensure you send the application on time is to email it to ACDIS as soon as the speaker and agenda for the meeting are set. Typically, ACDIS will notify leaders that their application has been approved and then send over the CEU certificate a day or two before the event.

If you’d like to learn more about CCDS CEUs, click here. To download the editable local chapter CEU application, click here.

The following is a list of upcoming events for ACDIS local chapters. If you have an upcoming event you would like to include, please email Melissa Varnavas (mvarnavas@acdis.org) and Linnea Archibald (larchibald@acdis.org). 

August:

• The Arizona ACDIS chapter meets jointly with the Arizona component of AHIMA on Saturday, August 3, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Honor Health in Scottsdale. Click here to download the agenda. Click here for more information about the event. Click here to register for the event. For information, contact M.E. VanGelder (mvangelder@honorhealth.com).
• The Florida ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, August 3, in beautiful Cocoa Beach, at Health First’s Cape Canaveral Hospital. For information, contact Edna Betances-Harold, (betane@shands.ufl.edu).
• The CDI Educator ACDIS networking group meets Thursday, August 8, 2-3 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Coral Fernandez (coral.fernandez@bhsi.com).
• The New Orleans ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, August 8, 4-5 p.m., at Semolina’s at Clearview. For information, contact Judi Dowling (judith.dowling@ochsner.org).
• The Tennessee ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, August 15, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. For information, contact Judy Rochelle (judy_rochelle@chs.net) and Cynthia Raymond (cynthia.raymond@hcahealthcare.com).
• The North Carolina ACDIS chapter meets Friday, August 16, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem. For information and to register, click here.
• The Kentucky/Southern Indiana ACDIS chapters meets Friday, August 16, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Wildwood Country Club in Louisville, Kentucky. Click here to download the save-the-date flyer. For information, contact Susan Snyder (ssnyder@bhsi.com).
• The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter meets Friday, August 16, 10-11 a.m., via webinar. For information, contact the chapter leadership team (evergreenACDIS@gmail.com).
• The Minnesota ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, August 28, 1-2 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Jera Van Damme (jera.vandamme@essentiahealth.org).

Save-the-date:

• The Chapter Advisory Board invites chapter leaders and members to join them for a panel discussion on Thursday, September 12, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. Click here to register.
• The Georgia ACDIS chapter meets Thursday, September 19, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. For information, contact the chapter leadership team (georgia.acdis@gmail.com).
• The Maryland ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, September 20, for an all-day event at St. Joseph's Medical center in Towson. Click here to download the registration form. For information, contact Deborah McClain (dmcclain2@fmh.org).
• The Indiana ACDIS chapter meets Friday, September 20, 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., at Ivy Tech Culinary and Conference Center in Indianapolis for their fall conference. Click here to download the event agenda. Click here to download the registration form. For information, contact Angela Green (agreen915@gmail.com).
• The Indiana ACDIS chapter is planning a fall conference on September 20, in Indianapolis. For information, contact Angela Green (agreen915@gmail.com).
• The Michigan ACDIS chapter meets Saturday, October 5, at McLaren Hospitality House in Flint. Click here to download the save-the-date. For information, contact Susan Fantin (susan.fantin@comcast.net).
• Missouri’s three ACDIS chapters meet Saturday, October 19, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center in Columbia, for the fourth annual Show Me State Conference. Click here to download the event flyer. Click here to download the welcome letter, which includes instructions for registration. For information, contact Karen Elmore (karen.elmore@bjc.org).
• The Oregon ACDIS chapter holds a joint meeting with OrHIMA Friday, October 25, at Linn Co. Fairgrounds Albany. For information, contact Bonita Quinn (bgquinn@stcharleshealthcare.org).
• The Washington Evergreen ACDIS chapter meets Friday, October 25, at Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue. More details to follow. For information, contact the chapter leadership team (evergreenACDIS@gmail.com).
• The California ACDIS chapter meets Friday, October 25, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the University of California, Davis. To register and save your spot, click here. Click here to download the save-the-date flyer. For information, contact Rani Stoddard (stoddardrv@henrymayo.com).
• The California ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, November 20, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., via webinar. For information, contact Rani Stoddard (stoddardrv@henrymayo.com).
• The Kansas City, Missouri, ACDIS chapter meets Wednesday, December 4, 2-3 p.m. central, via webinar. For information, contact Angelica Naylor (angelica.naylor@outlook.com).
• The Chapter Advisory Board invites chapter leaders and members to join them for a panel discussion on Thursday, December 12, 12-1 p.m., via webinar. Click here to register.