CME INFORMATION

UEMS EACCME

The World Live Neurovascular Conference Stroke Day 11/04/2023-11/04/2023 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 7 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity

The World Live Neurovascular Conference 12/04/2023-14/04/2023 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 20 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.

American Medical Association

EACCME Credit Conversion Instructions

The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement with the European Union of Medical Specialties to convert CME credit for select CME activities certified by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Please note that processing fees paid to the AMA for credit conversion are non-refundable; so before applying check the EACCME website at https://eaccme.uems.eu to be sure that the activity that you are submitting for credit conversion is on the approved list.

A separate application and processing fee are required for each activity submitted.

Please submit the following documents for each application:

  • Completed EACCME credit conversion application form with payment information included. Please click here to download the form
  • A copy of the certificate of attendance from the EACCME approved activity.

Certificates will be completed within 4 business weeks from the received date of the application.

Non-physician health professionals and other participants may not be awarded AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Such persons will instead receive a Certificate of Participation.

To receive your certificate, you will need to log in or create a free AMA account. AMA membership is not required. If you already have an AMA account, please use the email associated with that account. If you do not have an account, please use an email that you want associated with your account.

AMA members are entitled to benefits. For AMA membership information, please visit www.ama-assn.org or call 800.262.3211.

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For more information: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/uemseaccme-cme-credit-recognition

To apply online visit: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications

Questions? Call (312) 464-4669 or email pra@ama-assn.org

Submit to AMA

  • Mail: American Medical Association, 330 N. Wabash Ave., Suite 39-300, Chicago, IL 60611-5885
  • Email: pra@ama-assn.org
  • Fax: (312) 464-5129
  • Questions? Please call (312) 464-4669 or Email pra@ama-assn.org