About Continuing Education Credits

Continuing Education Credits are provided for all ACRP education programs and can be used toward Certification Maintenance.

Tracking, Reporting Earned Credits
ACRP automatically tracks Continuing Education Credits earned by members in ACRP educaton programs. View My Contact Hours to view credits earned from ACRP programs on or after Dec. 1, 2007. This link, also found in the log-in area after you log in to acrpnet.org, can also be used for self-reporting non-ACRP coursework. Statements of credit will be distributed within four weeks of the program to individuals completing and submitting any required evaluation forms at the program's end.

Evaluation, Attendance Policies
You must stay the entire session to receive credit. Partial continuing education credit WILL NOT be awarded. A completed evaluation form must be submitted at the end of the seminar in order to receive contact hours. Certificates of attendance are available for attendees who do not attend the full seminar.

Certification Maintenance Requirements
Certificants due to renew certification must keep certificates of attendance for any non-ACRP courses completed. Credits earned from non-ACRP courses can be reported via the 'Contact Hour History' Quicklink. ACRP automatically tracks Continuing Education Credits earned by members in ACRP education programs.
Learn More About Certification Maintenance.

Chapter, Forum Programs
Programs offered by ACRP Chapters and Forums are accredited by ACRP to provide nursing and ACRP continuing education credits, both of which are acceptable for ACRP Certification Maintenance. Credits for these programs are available for purchase.

Types of Continuing Education Credits/Accreditation
ACRP is approved by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the California Board of Registered Nurses (CBRN) as a provider of medical and nursing continuing education credits.  These credits may be used to meet professional licensure and ACRP Certification Maintenance requirements. Medical credits are only available for certain ACRP classroom,  online and webinar learning activities. Clinical Research Professionals other than physicians and nurses should use ACRP credits. 

> Continuing Nursing Education

The California Board of Registered Nursing (Provider Number 11147) approves the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) as a provider of continuing nursing education.

> Continuing Medical Education

The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ will be provided.

> Continuing Education Credits

The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) provides continuing education credits for the completion of this educational activity.  These credits can be used to meet the certifications maintenance requirement. 

ACRP Disclosure Statement
As an organization accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®), Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) requires everyone who is in a position to control the planning of content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. Financial relationships in any amount, occurring within the past 12 months of the activity, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner, that could create a conflict of interest are requested for disclosure.

The ACCME defines a financial relationship as that in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit from a commercial interest.  Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, consultancy, management position, teaching membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, speaker’s bureaus, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected.

A "commercial interest" is defined as any entity producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on patients.  A company that provides a direct service to patients is not considered a commercial interest. 

ACRP members are often employed by commercial interests.  However, if the content of the educational activity and/or committee responsibility deals with the regulatory and ethical requirements of the conduct of clinical research, it is not considered a conflict of interest.  It is also not considered a conflict of interest if the content is not about or promoting products or services of commercial interests. If an individual has a relationship that is deemed a conflict of interest, the conflict must be resolved prior to the activity.

The intent of this policy is not to prevent individuals with relevant financial relationships from participating; it is intended that such relationships be identified openly so that the audience may form their own judgments about the presentation and the presence of commercial bias with full disclosure of the facts. It remains for the audience to determine whether an individual’s outside interests may reflect a possible bias in either the exposition or the conclusions presented.

Educational Planning Committee Disclosure
The following ACRP Education Committee members have no actual or potential conflicts of interest pertaining to their participation as a member of the Education Committee 2010.

Ernest Prentice, PhD, Chair
Associate Vice Chancellor
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Hooi Hooi Lew, MSc, FACPPM, Vice Chair
Training Manager
Johnson & Johnson Research & Development

Esther Daemen
Manager, Global Training & Development
Kendle International

Kathy Goldstein, PharmD, CCRA
Associate Director, Clinical Operations
Amarex

Bonnie Miller
President
Bonnie Miller Clinical Research Consulting

Fidela Moreno, MD
Vice President, Global Development Operations
Allergan, Inc.

Jane Nathan, BSc (Hons), 1stClass, Cert Ed
Director
Pharmaed Ltd.

Kathleen Packard, PharmD
Assistant Professor
Creighton University

Nina Trocky, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CCRA
Assistant Professor/Program Director
University of Maryland School of Nursing

The following Education Committee members have financial disclosures:

Jacqueline Barrows, RN, CCRA
Clinical Trials Manager
Medical Device Consultants, Inc.

Ms. Barrows discloses that she is an employee of Medical Device Consultants, Inc.

Jennifer A. Holcomb, CCRC
Director, Clinical Research Support Office
Duke University

Ms. Holcomb discloses that she is an employee of Duke University

Stuart Horowitz, PhD, MBA, CHRC
Managing Director
Huron Consulting Group

Dr. Horowitz discloses that he is an employee of Huron Consulting Group

Susan Odum, MEd, CCRC
Outcomes & Scientific Studies Manager
OrthoCarolina Research Institute

Ms. Odum discloses that she receives Grant/Research Support from the Depuy Orthopedics Wright Medical Technology, and is an unpaid consultant for American Joint Replacement Registry, and the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons.

Susan Warne
Senior Project Manager
D. Anderson & Company

Ms. Warne discloses that she is an employee of D. Anderson & Company.

The following staff have participated as part of the Education Committee and no conflicts of interest:

James D. Thomasell
Executive Director

Sally Cook
Continuing Education Manager

J. Alan Armstrong
Chief Operating Officer

David Montgomery
Clinical Research Training Manager

Individual course faculty disclosures are found on the particular course webpage.

Speaker disclosures will be made verbally at the location of the course.