The ESCRS Congress 2024 has been granted 36.5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®).
“The 42nd Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Barcelona, Spain 06/09/2024 – 10/09/2024, has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 36.5 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 https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications.
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.”
Information Regarding the Conversion of EACCME® Credits
“Credit will be converted based on one (1) hour of participation equalling one credit for all activities. Physicians wishing to convert EACCME® credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ will be required to access the AMA website at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications to obtain the necessary paperwork and instructions. Physicians and other health care professionals will be required to pay a processing fee to the AMA.
For other countries, please contact the relevant national/regional accreditation authority.”
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 22 of UEMS 2023.07.”
Breakdown of ECMEC®s per day:
06.09.2024 – 8.0
07.09.2024 – 8.0
08.09.2024 – 8.0
09.09.2024 – 8.0
10.09.2024 – 4.5
“The EACCME® awards ECMEC®s on the basis of 0,5 ECMEC® for 30 minutes of CME with a maximum of 8 ECMEC®s per day. cf. Chapter XIII of UEMS 2023.07.”
Attendance Certificate, Post Congress Survey, and CME Certificate
All attending face-to-face participants who have retrieved their Congress badge and all virtual participants who have logged on to the platform for at least 4 hours per Congress day will automatically receive an attendance certificate by e-mail after the Congress.
A post Congress survey will be sent to all participants who have retrieved their badge and virtual participants who have logged on to the platform for at least 4 hours per Congress day.
Upon completion of the survey after its submission deadline, a CME certificate will be sent to participants who have completed the survey.