Introduction
The following article provides an overview on how to join a live virtual webinar and what to expect during a session. For information on how to register for events, click here.
How do I join a Live Virtual Webinar?
To attend a live virtual webinar, you will first need to locate the event on TPN.health in the CE Events tab on the menu bar. Once you have registered for the event, you will receive a confirmation email. The event will also appear on your My Education page in the CE Wallet.
To reach your My Education page, go to the CE Wallet option on the top menu bar of your TPN.health page. In the dropdown menu, select My Education.
This will take you to a page listing all of your upcoming and past registered events and courses.
Under Upcoming locate the event you have registered for and click View.
Clicking View will take you to the Event Details page. To join the session, click the orange Join Webinar Session button next to the event session title. Doing so will take you directly to the session.
We encourage attendees to join each session early, in the event they encounter any technical issues, but the webinar will not officially start until the official event start time. If you join early, you will see a message indicating that the session will begin soon. At the start-time, you will automatically be admitted into the webinar.
NOTE: If your internet connection is disrupted, or your device loses power, you may rejoin the webinar at any moment by following the aforementioned steps.
What to Expect During a Live Interactive Webinar
While in the session, your camera and microphone will automatically be turned off, and you will not have the option to turn it on. Attendees may use the chat box and Q&A box to direct questions and comments to the presenter. We ask that you keep comments and questions ethical and respectful.
If you have any technical questions or issues, please put them in the chat box and the moderator will provide assistance.
Attendance Requirements
All individuals must attend all continuing education (CE) events in their entirety in order to receive CE credit.
All individuals must be registered for CE events under their own name within their own TPN.health account.
All individuals must be logged into TPN.health under their own name. Viewing a CE event as a group, under one account, is not permitted.
For multi-session conferences, you will earn credit for each individual session you attend in full.
Attendance Tracking
TPN.health tracks the attendance of every virtual CE event automatically.
The times at which each attendee enters the meeting/webinar are automatically logged in an attendance report, effectively serving as a sign-in/sign-out data log.
After the conclusion of each event, the TPN.health support staff will compare the time in attendance logged for each attendee to the actual time of the event. Course evaluations will be sent only to those individuals whose attendance time meets or exceeds the actual event time.
Best Practices
Attendees are encouraged to join all registered sessions as early as possible; TPN.health recommends 10-15 minutes to ensure that attendees are comfortable with using the virtual platform and that all software is loaded correctly. This practice will also reduce any doubt on attendance duration.
Attendees are recommended to take great care when entering their email addresses. The email address is each attendee's unique identifier, effectively serving as a digital signature.
Summary
In summary, to access an event:
Login to your TPN.health account
Hover over CE Wallet in the top navigation, then click on My Education
When on My Education page, click the View button by the event
This will bring you to the main session page
Click the Join Webinar Session button to access the event
After the conclusion of a webinar, a link to the session evaluation will be sent to your TPN.health account under the Evaluations tab in your CE Wallet, given the session time criteria is met. You must complete the evaluation in order to receive a certificate for CE credit. For more information, please refer to How Do I Earn CE Credit? and CE Wallet: Accessing your Evaluation.