Approved Providers
Requirements for ABHI Approved Continuing Education Programs
- The provider must submit, to the ABHI, a description of the program describing the content, the presenters and the target group of attendees. This description must be submitted 30 days prior to the meeting.
- The program must fulfill the following requirements of a Program of Continuing Education (PCE):
- The program should be a planned learning experience designed to promote the continual development of knowledge, skills and attitudes.
- The program should have qualified instruction and direction to assure that the educational objectives will be fulfilled.
- The program content, format and methodology must be conducive to achieving the program objectives.
- Program objectives should be stated in terms of what the participant would be able to do at the end of the program that he/she could not be expected to do before.
- The time schedule should be set up in orderly and systematic fashion.
- The faculty members should have the background and experience necessary to teach the course.
- The program should provide the participant with a certificate or other evidence of the number of CEC's granted for participation in the program or workshop.
- Program content must cover at least one of the major fields of the current ABHI "Statements of Competence for Histocompatibility Personnel" and will be a formal scientific/career-related continuing education program.
- Program approval and the number of CEC's or contact hours earned will be determined by the ABHI and reported to the provider.
If you have any questions about the process, please contact ABHI Executive Office or Beth Crowley at .