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2020 Physician Assistant Readiness Course Satellite Broadcast

Site Facilitator Guide

Site Facilitator Guide

2020 Physician Assistant Readiness Course Satellite Broadcast 5 - 9 October 2020

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About This Guide This guide provides you with the necessary instructions to successfully facilitate a Physician Assistant Readiness Course Satellite Broadcast. Read the guide thoroughly to become familiar with your responsibilities as the site facilitator. If after reading the guide, you still have unanswered questions please contact:

MEDCoE Video Tele-Training

Phone: (210) 221-8138

Email: [email protected]

After you have read the guide and are thoroughly familiar with your role and responsibilities as the site facilitator, sign and date the certificate of acknowledgement on the last page. This will become part of your close-out packet. It must be provided before certificates for your viewing location are sent.

mailto:[email protected]

Site Facilitator Guide 2020 Physician Assistant Readiness Course Satellite Broadcast 5 - 9 October 2020

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Key Information

Reference Materials All reference materials can be found online at: This includes following:

http://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/pasatcast.aspx

- Physician Assistant Readiness Course Satellite Broadcast Site Facilitator Guide (this document)

- Appendix A - Program Announcement- Appendix B - Agenda- Appendix C - Participant Log-in Sheet- Appendix D - Critique Sheet (1)- All available presentations

Dates and Times 5-9 October 2020 This is a Monday-Friday broadcast with extended viewing times. Broadcast Times 1100-1700 ET/ 1000-1600 CT / 0800-1400 PT Daily

Post-Event Packet Submission The suspense to submit all original post-event documentation is 6 November, 2020.Copies will not be accepted. No CME certificates will be issued for packets received after the suspense date. The post-event packet will include the following original documentation:

- Participant Log-in Sheets (Original signatures)- Typed list of participants- Course Critique Sheet (1 for the entire course per participant)- Site Facilitator Acknowledgment Form

Documents must be mailed (recommend certified mail) to:

Learning Technology Division, Video Tele-Training ATTN: MCCS-HCD-D 3599 Winfield Scott Road, Suite 0303 Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6130



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Target Audience This course is primarily designed for Physician Assistants (PA) who are preparing for the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) recertification process. Other Health Care Providers will be issued a course certificate of training, which can be submitted to their respective Governing Agency for Continuous Education to receive CME credit.

Program Overview The resident Physician Assistants Symposium is held annually at Joint Base-San Antonio, Texas. In an effort to reach more PAs and provide CME opportunities to a greater audience, the symposium presentations are video recorded and then made available through the Physician Assistant’s Readiness Satellite Broadcast. The wide range of topics presented will cover primary care medicine and is modeled on the NCCPA exam template.

Program Objectives To present and review a wide array of topics covering diseases, disorders, and medical assessments encountered in primary care settings and provide current guidelines for appropriate diagnosis, treatment and referral using Distance Learning technologies.

CME Credits Participants will be issued a course completion certificate indicating the total number of CME credits awarded. A total of 30 clinical Category I CME hours are available to be awardedby the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA). The number of clinical Category I CME hours, awarded by the AAPA, by presentation, is identified in the program agenda (available online and as Appendix B). PA’s and providers should only claim those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity. This CME may only be claimed on the actual days of broadcast as no current mechanism is in place to claim CME for material viewed at a later date. Other providers may claim CME, if eligible under either of the above categories.

The site facilitator is responsible for verifying the number of credits claimed by signing/initialing the Participant Log-in Sheet.

NOTE: In order to receive CME, each participant must register on-line at:


Anyone who fails to register will not receive CME credit from AAPA. Certificates will be emailed ONLY to the site facilitator, and for participants that have completed the online individual registration and the REQUIRED Course Critique Sheet.



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Availability These program broadcasts will be available daily 5-9 October 2020 (see agenda for schedule) on Digital ONLY (No C-Band or KU) satellite (DETN/GETN/Warrior Digital). This program will also be available to video tele-training sites via the CNET, and limited VTC (USAMITC) networks. There are no plans to video stream these programs at the present time. *Desktop Viewing is not allowed.

*Due to current COVID19 social-distancing requirements, plans are being implemented and may affect course availability for year 2020.

Test Signal Signal tests should be conducted each day, 30 minutes prior to broadcast. The broadcast program will begin and end at the same time each day.

Videotape Availability NONE

Videotape Release These programs are unclassified and non-scrambled. There are no copyright restrictions on this, however it MAY NOT be videotaped and rebroadcast where fees are attached to its showing. CME credits will NOT BE GIVEN for viewing taped programming.

Web Site Support Course information, support materials, and online registration will be available at:


Sponsors U.S. Army Medical Specialist Corps, Society of Air Force Physician Assistants, and the Inter-service Physician Assistant Program, with technical support from the U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, and the Defense Education Training Network (DETN) – Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.



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Role of the Site Education Facilitator We greatly appreciate your help in serving as site facilitator for the Physician Assistant Readiness Course Satellite Broadcast. You are very important to the success of this satellite broadcast, and your commitment to making sure the program runs smoothly is critical to the success of this program.

As the site facilitator, you will help ensure a successful educational experience for those who attend this event at your site. You will be the link between the participants and the AMEDD Center and School.

If you regularly perform these types of activities in your facility, much of the information in this manual will be familiar to you. If you are a “newly recruited” site facilitator, or have never been involved in a satellite broadcast before, we suggest you review the entire manual for information on how to prepare a site for participation. Keep in mind you will need to undertake a variety of tasks in preparing to host this event, to include:

- Sign and date the Site Facilitator Acknowledgment Form, authorizingyou as a site facilitator.

- Post appropriate signs to notify attendees of location, dates, and times for the presentation. - Ensure the viewing room is well equipped to accommodate participants prior to the day of broadcast. - Make sure all video and audio equipment is tested and correctly tuned at the downlink site during the

test time (30 minutes prior to broadcast) on each day of the broadcast. Your site technical POC will help you with this.

- Ensure that participants are registered and instructed to retrieve class handouts prior to thebroadcast by going to: http://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/pasatcast.aspx and/or coordinate to have materials locally reproduced and available prior to the event.

- Make an adequate number of program materials such as:

-- Agenda (Appendix B)

-- Participant Log-in Sheet (Appendix C)

-- Critique Sheet (Appendix D)

-- Greet program participants, distribute program materials, and manage participants’ activities during the broadcast-- Handle log-in of local participants.-- Facilitators must ensure that participants sign-in daily, using the Participant Log-in Sheet (Appendix C).-- A new Participant Log-in Sheet must be completed for each day of the broadcast.-- Verify that participants have individually registered. Participants MUST register individually on-line before they can be awarded any CME credits.- Following the broadcast, the facilitator should fill in the number of daily CME credits earned/claimed by individual participants on the sign-in sheet each day.



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- Collect all original post-event documentation:-- Participant Log-in Sheets-- Participant Course Critique Sheet

- Mail all original post-event documentation no later than 6 November, 2020.

No CME certificates will be issued for packets received after the suspense date indicated above. The post-event packet will include the following original documentation:

-- Participant Log-in Sheets -- Typed list of participants -- Participant Course Critique Sheet -- Site Facilitator Acknowledgment Form

Documents must be mailed (recommend certified mail) to:

Learning Technology Division, Video Tele-Training ATTN: MCCS-HCD-D 3599 Winfield Scott Road, Suite 0303 Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234-6130


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Technical Contacts

For sites receiving this broadcast through a satellite downlink, this program will be presented as a Digital Satellite signal ONLY

Broadcast Trouble Lines: - Defense Education Training Network (DETN):

(937) 904-5479

- Government Education Training Network (GETN): Convergent media at 1-888-236-0855

- VA Knowledge Network:(314) 894-5773

- Warrior Training Network:1-877-820-0305

- Navy CNET:(757) 492-6243

- MEDCOM/ VNC Bridge:(210) 295-3200 or DSN 471-3200.

Other bridges may be utilized depending on the size of the call. Technical Contacts will be notified by email instructing them which bridge they have been assigned to, along with contact information to coordinate a time to test and/or certify equipment prior to the broadcast. Should there be any questions or concerns prior to the broadcast, please contact:

MEDCoE Video Tele-Training Phone: (210) 221-8138 Email: [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


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FAQs

1. Who may attend this program?

This course is primarily designed for Physician Assistants who are preparing for the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) recertification process. Other Health Care Providers will be issued a course certificate of training, which can be submitted to their respective Governing Agency for Continuous Education to receive CME credit

2. Can I be both a site facilitator and a participant?

The site facilitator may also attend as a participant. BE SURE TO REGISTER AT BOTH THE SF LINK AND THE PARTICIPANT LINK.

3. Can there be more than 1 site facilitator per viewing location?

Yes, but only one needs to register online. Certificates will be mailed only to the registered site facilitator. Note: If this is a separate classroom/viewing location (even in the same building), two separate site facilitators are required.

4. Where can I find all the handouts/materials?

Course information, support materials, and online registration will be available at: https://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/pasatcast.aspx

5. Will I be notified of participants attending at my site?

Yes, when a participant registration is confirmed for your viewing location, you will receive an automatically generated email with registrant information. You may then reach out to your participant with classroom number and further information specific to your classroom.

6. How long does a participant have to register? (registration deadline)

The registration deadline is the final day of the broadcast. After this date, the registration link will NOT be available. Communicate with each participant at your location to confirm that they have registered for the course through the provided link: https://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/pasatcast.aspx

https://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/pasatcast.aspx

https://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/pasatcast.aspx


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7. How do participants receive CME credit?

PA’s and Providers should only claim those hours actually spent participating in the CME activity. CME may only be claimed on the actual days of broadcast. NO OTHER VIEWING OPTIONS/TIMES are authorized. *DESKTOP viewing is not authorized. The Site Facilitator is responsible for verifying hours claimed by signing/initialing the Participant Log-In Sheet.

8. Can I test my equipment prior to the course?

Please contact your local technical POCs to confirm equipment is compatible with (VAKN, VNC, OTHER).

9. How long will the broadcast be available for viewing?

Program sessions will be available 5-9 October, 2020 during the scheduled broadcast times. This is a one week (Mon-Fri) broadcast with different presentations each day.

10. Can we videotape the program for later viewing?

There is no Videotape Availability. There are no plans to video stream these programs at the present time. NOTE: These programs are unclassified and non-scrambled. There are no copyright restrictions on this, however it MAY NOT be videotaped and rebroadcast where fees are attached to its showing. *CME credits WILL NOT BE AWARDED for viewing taped programming.


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Site Facilitator Certificate Of Acknowledgement

_______________________________________________________________________ REGISTERED VIEWING LOCATION

_______________________________________________________________________ SITE FACILITATOR NAME/ DATE

I understand and agree with the Site Facilitator roles and responsibilities pertaining to hosting the 2020 PA Readiness SATCAST event and the

course packet submission process.

(Include signed certificate in close-out packet)