A jointly accredited provider planning a live interprofessional activity on sepsis care for physicians, nurses, and pharmacists scheduled three lectures followed by a 15-minute open audience Q&A with the full faculty panel. The team also planned to email learners an optional reflection survey after the activity. The team believed the Q&A and follow-up survey together would satisfy the active learning expectation.
Does an open audience Q&A added to the end of lectures demonstrate active learning under Joint Accreditation Criterion 7 (JAC 7)? Does an optional post-activity reflection survey change the determination?
Joint Accreditation’s JAC 7 guidance expects providers to design education that promotes active learning so that teams learn from, with, and about each other, consistent with desired results of the activity. A panel Q&A may qualify only when intentionally designed as part of the learning experience, not simply added as time for audience questions. A post-activity survey or optional follow-up alone would not meet JAC 7 because active learning must be built into the activity itself.
The provider restructured the final session around an interprofessional sepsis case. Learners posed questions to the physician, nurse, and pharmacist panelists, compared each profession’s approach, and identified communication gaps in the patient handoff. The accredited provider kept the survey as a supplement and documented how the revised design aligned with the activity’s desired results.
