Continuing Medical Education
Continuing Professional Development (CME-CPD)
The EADV Congress 2023, Berlin, Germany 11/10/2023 – 14/10/2023, has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 27.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s).
Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
CME Credits
Each medical specialist can claim only those hours of credit actually spent in the educational activity (as recorded by the scanning process).
Here below please find the breakdown of credits per day:
| Wednesday, 11 October | 7 credits |
| Thursday, 12 October | 7 credits |
| Friday, 13 October | 6 credits |
| Saturday, 14 October | 7 credits |
The accreditation system is based on 1 ECMEC per hour.
No credits will be guaranteed by the EADV to delegates participating in sessions organised by industry and subspecialty societies.
Procedure to gain your credits
Scan your badge, complete the evaluation forms and download the CME-CPD Certificate.
The EADV offers individual CME-CPD participation through the scanning of the bar code (or access the session online, live or on-demand) and the speaker/session evaluation that will be available until 31 December 2023.
- Scan your badge as you pass through the entrance of each session hall (or access the session online, live or on-demand).
- Complete the anonymous online evaluation form for each attended session. Access the evaluation system in the “My Congress” area on the online Congress platform.
- Download your CME-CPD certificate and retain it for your personal records.
Conversion of credits
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://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications.
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.
Information regarding the conversion of EACCME® credits
Credit will be converted based on one (1) hour of participation equalling one credit for all activities. Physicians wishing to convert EACCME® credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ will be required to access the AMA website at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications to obtain the necessary paperwork and instructions. Physicians and other health care professionals will be required to pay a processing fee to the AMA.
For other countries, please contact the relevant national/regional accreditation authority.
Conversion of credits
«The countries with which the EACCME® has signed agreements will recognise EACCME® credits.
All the other countries may recognise EACCME® credits on a voluntary basis. For these countries you will also need to apply to the central or relevant regional accreditation authority.
USA
The UEMS-EACCME® has had an agreement of mutual recognition of credits with the American Medical Association (AMA) for live educational events and for e-learning materials since the year 2000. The agreement was renewed in 2022 for another 4 years.
The issue of territoriality is very important; both organizations are fully responsible for the activities taking place or organized within their remit. The UEMS-EACCME® is the central body for accrediting events in Europe and the AMA is the central body for recognition of CME credits in the USA.
E-learning activities need to be certified for credit by the process in place where the CME provider is based, i.e. AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for U.S. CME providers and ECMEC® credit for organizations in countries that are represented by the UEMS.
Canada
The UEMS-EACCME® has an agreement of mutual recognition of credits with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) for live educational events since the year 2011.
The issue of territoriality is very important; both organizations are fully responsible for the activities taking place or organized within their remit. The UEMS-EACCME® is the central body for accrediting events in Europe and the RCPSC is the central body for accrediting events in Canada through its accredited providers.»
Refer to https://eaccme.uems.eu/Agreements.aspx for more information about CME credits conversion.
Certificates
All registered participants will be able to download their certificates online based on their level of engagement:
A Certificate of Attendance is available for all registered participants who have a valid registration badge and attended at least 1 session.
A CME-CPD Certificate is available for all participants who actively attended scientific sessions, have their badge scanned and completed the online evaluation forms.
An e-Poster Certificate is available for all leading e-Poster authors
An Oral presentation Certificate is available for all presenters of an abstract accepted for an oral presentation.
A Workshop Certificate is available for all Workshop participants.
How to download your Congress Certificates – View PDF
If you have any further questions about the Scientific Programme, Credits or Certificates, please contact us at scientific@eadvcongress.org
