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ACCREDITATION COUNCIL FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 
The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 54.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

  • Course only, no Lunch-and-Learn Roundtable Discussions = 37.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
  • Course, including optional Lunch-and-Learn Roundtable Discussions (5.00) = 42.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
  • Course (37.75) with Tues. Regional Workshop (3.75), Weds. Airway Workshop (3.75), and Thurs. ACLS Workshop (3.75)  = a maximum of 49.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
  • Course (37.75) with Tues. Ether Dome Tour (2.25) = 40.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
     

NURSE ANESTHETISTS

This program has been prior approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists for 50.75 Class A CE credits; Code Number 1036969; Expiration Date 5/17/2019.
 

RISK MANAGEMENT

This activity meets the criteria of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for 17.50 credits of Risk Management Study. This includes 7.00 credits in Opioid Education and Pain Management Training and 1.75 credits of End-of-Life Care Studies. Please check your individual state licensing board requirements before claiming these credits.
 

CANADIAN ACCREDITATION

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.
 

EUROPEAN ACCREDITATION

Through an agreement between the American Medical Association and the European Union of Medical Specialists, physicians may convert AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ to an equivalent number of European CME Credits® (ECMECs®). Information on the process of converting AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ to ECMECs® can be found at: www.eaccme.eu.
 

ABMS/ACGME COMPETENCIES

This course is designed to meet one or more of the following American Board of Medical Specialties and Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education competencies: patient care and procedural skills, and practice-based learning and improvement.

 

IOM COMPETENCIES

This course is designed to meet one or more of the following Institute of Medicine competencies: provide patient-centered care, work in interdisciplinary teams, employ evidence-based practice, apply quality improvement, and utilize informatics.

Disclosure Policy

Harvard Medical School (HMS) adheres to all ACCME Accreditation Criteria and Policies. It is HMS's policy that those who have influenced the content of a CME activity (e.g. planners, faculty, authors, reviewers and others) disclose all relevant financial relationships with commercial entities so that HMS may identify and resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity. These disclosures will be provided in the activity materials along with disclosure of any commercial support received for the activity. Additionally, faculty members have been instructed to disclose any limitations of data and unlabeled or investigational uses of products during their presentations.

Disclaimer

CME activities accredited by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgment before making clinical decisions of any kind.