CME Accreditation
CME Accreditation by European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
The SAM 2019, Skin Allergy Meeting – Joint meeting with ESCD, Munich, Germany, 04/04/2019-06/04/2019 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 13 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://www.ama-assn.org/education/cme.
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. Please find below the breakdown of ECMEC®s per day:
04.04.2019 – 3.00
05.04.2019 – 7.00
06.04.2019 – 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.
A CME Certificate with the specific number of acquired credits will be sent to all participants after the meeting. Please make sure you scan your badge at the entrance in front of each session room, in order to obtain the CME credits.
Accreditation by Bavarian State Chamber of Physicians
EAACI/ESCD Skin Allergy Meeting, Munich, Germany, 04/04/2019 – 06/04/2019 has also been accredited by the Bavarian State Chamber of Physicians (Bayerische Landesärztekammer) with 12 credits, category B. Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. Please find here below the breakdown of credits per day:
04.04.2019 – 3.00
05.04.2019 – 6.00
06.04.2019 – 3.00
The credits can be collected at the EAACI registration counter.