Overall, the application generally parallels the ACCME accreditation self-study report process. Some small differences are that the ANCC calls its credits “contact hours” or “CNE credit”, and the accredited provider unit needs to be managed by a named “Program Director”, for which a position description must be attached to accreditation applications.
Some of the five sections of the self-study report have different titles as well: Organizational Overview (OO), Structural Capacity (SC), Educational Design Process (EDP), Quality Outcomes (QO), and Performance in Practice Activity Files.
