How to Obtain CME Credit
How to Attest Your CME Hours
The process for attesting your CME hours is nearly identical to any ACOEP in-person conference.
1. Simply view the lectures. On Wednesday, October 14th you will receive an email containing a link to the CME attestation form. Once you click the link, select the hours you completed.
2. Please complete the CME attestation process no later than Friday, October 30th.
3. Beginning Monday, November 2nd CME certificates will be sent via email. DO Learners: ACOEP will report your credit hours to the AOA on your behalf.
Questions about CME credit, please email cme@acoep.org.
Disclosure of Financial Relationships
The American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) controls the planning, development, and delivery of this CME activity and will strictly adhere to the Standards for Commercial Support established by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). In accordance with these Standards, the following decisions will be made free of the control of a commercial interest; identification of CME needs, determination of educational objectives, selection, and presentation of content, selection of all persons and organizations that will be in a position to control the content, selection of educational methods, and evaluation of the CME activity.
All individuals in a position to influence and/or control the content of ACOEP CME activities are required to disclose to the ACOEP and subsequently to learners that the individual either has no relevant financial relationships or any financial relationships with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in CME activities.
Listed below are the disclosures provided by individuals in a position to influence and/or control CME activity content. Please note that any individuals not listed on the grid below have reported that neither they nor any member of their immediate family has a financial relationship or interest (currently or within the past 12 months) with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients; nor do they intend to discuss an unapproved/investigative use of a commercial product/device.
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Role(s) |
Disclosed Financial Relationship(s) |
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Karen Greenberg, DO |
Speaker |
Speaker’s Bureau: Genentech |
Faculty Lectures and Sessions
At the beginning of each session, the speaker will communicate their disclosure information verbally to all learners and this information will also appear on Slide 2 of their presentation as required by ACOEP. These disclosures allow for the best possible objectivity in the content and preparation of each lecture and allow you to better evaluate each faculty member.
If you perceive an undisclosed conflict of interest during an event presented at the 2020 Virtual Scientific Assembly please contact ACOEP staff directly, make a note in the speaker evaluation, and/or send an email to cme@acoep.org.
ACOEP is committed to providing learners with commercially unbiased education.
Accreditation & Credit Statements
Please note CME credit totals are subject to change. However, the 2020 Virtual Scientific Assembly will not offer less than 25 CME credits.
ACOEP is accredited by the AOA to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.
ACOEP designates this program for a maximum of 34.75 of AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in the activity.
The American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP) designates this live activity for a maximum of 34.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Intended Outcomes of the ACOEP CME Program
ACOEP CME activities are designed to offer the tools, strategies, and practical skills that emergency medicine physicians and other EM practitioners can immediately integrate into practice to improve patient care and outcomes.
At the conclusion of the 2020 Virtual Scientific Assembly participants will be able to:
– Alter current practice patterns in accordance with the latest data.
– Apply and/or perform new techniques in EM applications based on best practices.
– Practice evidence-based informed emergency medicine.
– Demonstrate changes in competence and performance to improve patient care in the ED.
THANK YOU
CHRISTOPHER COLBERT, DO
Continuing Medical Education Committee Chair & Scientific Assembly Course Director
MOLLY ESTES, DO
Scientific Assembly Co- Course Director