Continuing Education Credits at the 2024 WSPHA Annual Conference

We are pleased to announce that you can gain up to 9 Medical, Nursing, or CHES Continuing Education Credits for attending the 2024 WSPHA Annual Conference! 

You can access these credits by registering for them on the registration page. This CEU bundle is available for an additional $25. 

We offer these credits through the American Public Health Association and are required to disclose this information: 

The purpose of the 2024 WSPHA Annual Conference is to connect with colleagues around the state, learn new skills, and celebrate 90 years of Public Health history in Washington State. 

Participants at the WSPHA Annual Conference will attend 1-3 days of sessions where they can take at least one skill or piece of knowledge back to their workplace to improve their work. 

Participants will meet at least one new professional colleague that can help to strengthen the network of the public health system in Washington State. 

The audience for the WSPHA Annual Conference is anyone participating in Population Health activities in Washington State. This includes everyone in State, Local, and Tribal Government Public Health, Community-based health organizations, Academia focused in the health sciences, and healthcare professionals. 

During the past 24 months, all speakers, moderators, planning committee members, content reviewers, or discussants have responded they have no professional or personal relationships with an ineligible company that might potentially be bias or impact the content of the educational activity/session.

We have no commercial interests supporting this conference, but we do have several sponsors. Thanks to our 2024 sponsors!

Non-Endorsement of Products
As an Accredited Provider of Continuing Education (CE) Credits for Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Medicine (CME), and Public Health (CPH) the American Public Health Association Center for Professional Development (CPD) Unit and its respective Continuing Education accrediting organizations do not endorse any products or services that are displayed or referred to in conjunction with this activity and are not responsible for the actual presentation of content during scientific sessions.  

Policy on Disclosures to Learners
The Washington State Public Health Association strives to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all of its educational programs.  All planners, faculty members, moderators, discussants, panelists and presenters participating in this program have been required to disclose any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of this program.  This includes relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic.  The intent of this policy is to identify openly any conflict of interest so that the attendees may form their own judgments about the presentation with full disclosure of the facts.  In addition, faculty is expected to openly disclose any off-label, experimental and/or investigational uses of drugs or devices in their presentation.  Disclosures, Conflict of Interest (COI) and Resolution of COI policies are available via the APHA’s website and in the printed program.

Medicine (CME) Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the American Public Health Association (APHA) and the Washington State Public Health Association. The APHA is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  

Designation Statement: The APHA designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 9 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)™.    

Nursing (CNE) Accreditation Statement

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Public Health Association’s Public Health Nursing Section Approver Unit, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

Health Education (CHES) Statement

Sponsored by the American Public Health Association (APHA), a designated approver of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) to receive up to 9 Category I contact education contact hours

Instructions on how to obtain credit