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December 1, 2006
Thaddeus Anderson
American Academy of Pediatrics
141 Northwest Point Blvd
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
Dear Mr. Anderson :
CECBEMS is pleased to inform you that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) as been awarded approval as a CECBEMS accredited organization through December 2009. The provider number is PAAOP4300. Use this number to identify your organization on quarterly reports, on course completion certificates and other correspondence with CECBEMS headquarters.
For assigning numbers to the activities accredited by AAP use the following format:
· Year the activity received its initial accreditation or its last comprehensive review (2 digits)
· Alpha abbreviation for organization (PAAOP)
· Course format (F1 indicates a live, one-time event activity; F2, a live, multiple event activity; F3, a distributed learning activity
· A four digit number for your internal tracking purposes.
For example, the number for an activity initially approved or receiving a comprehensive review in 2003 and that is a distributed learning activity, would be 03-PAAOP–F3-0001. At this point, you would change the activity number for the PEPP course from 05-CECB-F2-0377 to 05-PAAOP-F2-0377. You must review and update each course at least every three years. Therefore, in December 2008, or any date before that, when the course has undergone a review and update, the course must be re-entered into the CECBEMS database with the new activity number which would begin with 08 or any year prior to 2008 that the course is updated. You may download the Provider Manual Supplement from the Course Management Tools box at the bottom of the Providers Only screen for detailed instructions for inputting your courses into the CECBEMS database.
Please check at www.cecbems.org for the most recent Standards and Requirements for Organizational Accreditation and http://cecbems.org/faqAnswers.aspx?RecID=56 for a downloadable version of the Accreditation Management System manual. Let me know if you have questions about these documents. You may also download the Provider Manual Supplement from the Course Management Tools box at the bottom of the Providers Only screen.
We are proud to have the American Academy of Pediatrics as a CECBEMS-accredited organization. We welcome your comments and suggestions for making our processes work better and for making EMS continuing education a positive force in improving patient care and in developing EMS as a profession.
Sincerely,
Liz Sibley
Executive Director
Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services