The ICS 2021 Online, Bristol, United Kingdom, 14/10/2021-17/10/2021 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 31 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he / she actually spent in the educational activity.
Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities
Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
EACCME® credits
Each participant can only receive the number of credits he/she is entitled to according to his/her actual participation at the event once he/she has completed the feedback form. Cf. criteria 9 and 23 of UEMS 2016.20. In order to help you issue individual certificates to each participants, please find below the breakdown of ECMEC®s per day:
14.10.2021 - 8.00
15.10.2021 - 8.00
16.10.2021 - 7.00
17.10.2021 - 8.00
The EACCME® awards ECMEC®s on the basis of 1 ECMEC® for one hour of CME with a maximum of 8 ECMEC®s per day. Cf. Chapter X of UEMS 2016.20.
Following the event dates (14-17 October) ICS 2021 delegates can still claim CME credits by viewing the on-demand “Live programme”. This option will close 3 months after the congress, on 17th January 2022. Please note that the maximum total claim of 31 credits remains.
How to receive your CME/CPD Certificate
Kindly note that the ICS 2021 online evaluation will be active from Monday 18th October 2021. You will then be able to access it and claim your CME/CPD certificate.The CME/CPD certificate will be available after completing the online evaluation and credit claiming procedure. The process takes about 5 minutes and the CME/CPD certificate will be available for download at the end and please retain for your personal records. We thank you for your feedback as it is an important part of CME/CPD accreditation and helps improve future educational offerings.
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