The ESCRS Congress 2023 has been granted 35 European CME credits (ECMEC®s) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®).

“The ESCRS Congress 2023, Vienna, Austria, 08/09/2023-12/09/2023 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 35 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.

Breakdown of ECMEC®s per day:

08.09.2023 – 8.00
09.09.2023 – 8.00
10.09.2023 – 8.00
11.09.2023 – 8.00
12.09.2023 – 3.00

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.”

 

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.