CME credits
CME credits accreditation
The 'European Society of Human Genetics' is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), www.uems.net.
The 'European Society of Human Genetics' is designated for a maximum of 20 hours of European external CME credits.
Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. The EACCME credit system isbased on 1 ECMEC per hour with a maximum of 3 ECMECs for half a day and 6 ECMECs for a full-day event.
Through an agreement between the European Union of Medical Specialists and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Creditsâ„¢. Information on the process to convert EACCME credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/go/internationalcme.
Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognized by the UEMS-EACCME for ECMEC credits 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.
What is European Accreditation?
European Accreditation means thatby the decision iof UEMS-EACCME® a CME event has fulfilled the UEMS-EACCME® quality requirements. A CME activity will be accredited by UEMS-EACCME® if it has a high quality scientific content, if it is free of commercial bias and has an appropriate educational approach.
What is the added value of UEMS-EACCME® accreditation?
On the basis of UEMS-EACCME® accreditation, the approval from the NAA of the country where the event takes place will be recognised in all the other European countries.
CME accreditation granted by the UEMS-EACCME® also provides a guarantee to participants from all over the world that the content of the CME provided is of a high quality, unbiased and didactic and, for European doctors, that this quality will be recognised in their home country.
Recognition of UEMS-EACCME® accreditation
Since the UEMS-EACCME® is an institution of the UEMS which formally represents European countries, its credits are recognised by National Accreditation Authorities in Europe. As UEMS-EACCME® accreditation concerns only EU-wide and international CME-CPD activities, it is not competitive but rather complementary to the competence and activities of National Accreditation Authorities.
EACCME credits are recognized by the American Medical Association towards the Physician”˜s Recognition Award (PRA). Information on the process to convert EACCME credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/go/internationalcme.