Keeping PACE

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) would like to share the following information with you regarding offering webinars or other electronically mediated continuing dental education activities.

PACE Standard I, Criterion O states that program providers must develop and operate in accordance to written policies, procedures or guidelines designed to ensure that all clinical and/or technical continuing dental education activates offered include the scientific basis for the program content and an assessment of the benefits and risks associated with that content in order to promote public safety.

All PACE-approved CE organizations are expected to include the AGD PACE logo and the official approval statement on all publicity materials and attendance verification forms.

AGD Subject Codes are numerical codes assigned by the AGD to identify the topic taught during a continuing dental education course. Approved providers are expected to identify the AGD subject codes associated with a course or program in all course/program announcements and again on attendance verification forms.

As of September 1, 2019 the AGD stopped accepting any continuing education (CE) verification forms or rosters through the mail, fax or email. All CE MUST be submitted electronically. Any CE submitted through the mail, fax or email will be returned to the CE provider.

For the past several years the AGD PACE Council has reviewed applications on a bimonthly schedule. Due to an increase in the number of applications received and to improve the efficiency of our review process the AGD PACE Council has voted to transition to a quarterly review schedule.

The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) has updated its privacy settings to protect your data. As part of this process, an alphanumerical password is required, and you may be asked to update your password in order to log in to AGD.org so you can access the PACE roster submission tools and the application for national PACE-approval.

As of Sept. 1, 2019, AGD stopped accepting any CE verification forms or rosters by mail, fax or email. All CE MUST be submitted electronically. Any CE submitted by mail, fax or email will be returned to the CE provider.

AGD is now planning to migrate to a new platform called SurveyMonkey Apply. The application for national PACE approval will be unavailable to users from Friday, April 10, 2020, until Thursday, April 30, 2020.

The 2020 calendar year has four remaining review cycles. Beginning in 2021, there will be four review cycles per year. Please see upcoming dates.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, AGD would like to share the following information regarding offering webinars or other electronically mediated CE activities.

Effective Sept. 1, 2019, AGD will no longer accept any CE verification forms or rosters through mail, fax or email. All CE MUST be submitted electronically.

Applicants and approved organizations are often unsure of the differences between joint programs, program sponsorship and speaking engagements.When completing the PACE application, keep the following points in mind.

General dentists attend CE courses that address a wide variety of topics in all specialty areas. AGD PACE-approved CE organizations are expected to identify the general topic/specialty area their courses address on all marketing materials and attendance verification forms.

Changes to the PACE Standards were recently approved by the AGD Board. Here is a summary of these changes:

Recently some providers have contacted the AGD regarding changes to PACE eligibility criteria. Currently the AGD has no plans to make changes to the PACE eligibility criteria.