AOA Joint Providership

Follow the steps below to submit your application for joint providership:

1. Review the Education Plan Guidebook and download all required forms.
2. Submit your Education Plan application online, along with all supporting documentation (all information is outlined in the Education Plan Guidebook).
3. Within 10 business days, you will receive an invoice and update on your application status.
4. No less than 14 calendar days before the first day of the scheduled activity, you will be required to complete online submission of interim program materials. Automatic email reminders will be sent to the applicant’s email.
5. Within 90 days following conclusion of the activity, you will be required to complete online submission of final post-program materials. Automatic email reminders will be sent to the applicant’s email.

Your organization is responsible for meeting all deadlines and submitting required materials. Automatic email reminders are a courtesy provided by the AOA. Late fees may be assessed for documents that are not submitted on time.

In order to be considered for joint providership with the AOA, the interested organization must meet all of the following requirements:

• Not be an ACCME-accredited provider
• Have a mission statement and purpose or function that aligns with AOA’s purpose and CME mission
• Submit the AOA Joint Providership Educational Plan application at least 45 days before the first day of the CME activity

NOTE: ACCME does not permit ineligible entities to be joint providers. ACCME defines an ineligible entity as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. Providers of clinical service directly to patients are not considered to be ineligible entities, unless the provider of clinical service is owned or controlled by an ACCME-defined ineligible entity. Further information is provided on the ACCME website.

The following CME activities are eligible for joint providership:

• Live activity (e.g., course, symposium, workshop, conference, live webcast)
• Enduring activity (e.g., print, audio, video and internet materials, such as monographs, podcasts, archived webinars, etc.)
• Journal-based CME

The following mandatory templates must be used to submit information for the Joint Providership Program application.

Certificate templates

• Physician
• Non-physician

Conflict of Interest (COI) Disclosure

• Word format
• PDF format
• Excel format

Educational Grant/Commercial Support Received

• Excel template

Evaluation Question Template

• Word template

Final Roster Template

• Excel template

Gap Analysis & Educational Format

• Excel template and example

Credit Grid Template

• Excel template

Optional templates may be used for your reference, as a guide or sample, or may be used verbatim.

• Front Matter Template Sample
• Commercial Support-Letter of Agreement (Joint providership)
• Budget Template

The following resources provide additional information to support the application process:

• Bloom’s taxonomy action verbs (for writing learning objectives)
• Current accreditation requirements & descriptions of the ACCME
• ACCME FAQs

To apply, please complete the online application. You will need to create a new account if you do not already have one.

Once logged in, click Apply and select the “AOA Joint Providership Education Plan Application.”

For more details, please review the Application Instructions.

Please use the online payment processor to submit your Joint Provider fees:

• Your invoice number and amount
• Your name
• Activity name

You will receive an emailed receipt once payment is processed.