General Information
The ECR 2022 programme (July 13-17) has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) and by the Österreichische Ärztekammer (Austrian Medical Chamber).
Europe
For Europe, the ECR 2022, Vienna (ONSITE & ONLINE), Austria, 13/07/2022-17/07/2022 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) for a maximum of 34 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that they actually spent in the educational activity.
A maximum of 8 CME per day, can be obtained by watching live or on-demand sessions. The total credits for the congress will not exceed the accredited 34 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). The European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) does not grant half credits.
Please note that the number of CME credits may differ from the maximum number of credits your national jurisdiction approves for your continuous medical education.
The Österreichische Ärztekammer (Austrian Medical Chamber) has granted a maximum of 40 DFP (Diplom-Fortbildungs-Programm der Österreichischen Akademie der Ärzte) credits for the ECR 2022.
USA and Canada
Through an agreement between the UEMS and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credits to AMA credits 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.
Worldwide
CME points claimed at the ECR are accepted by the majority of national CME authorities worldwide, where CME is mandatory for physicians. Please consult your national jurisdiction for the maximum number of CME points that will be approved following your attendance at the ECR 2022 (July 2-6).
The following criteria must be observed to acquire CME credits for your attendance of the ECR 2022:
On-demand views of CME accredited sessions
During the period of July 13-18, 2022, CME credits can be claimed for watching sessions on-demand according to the following rules:
Please note that the evaluation of the sessions you attend is only possible until July 18 (23:59 CEST), 2022. After this end date, evaluation will not be possible and no CME credits can be obtained. Please make sure to submit your evaluations of the sessions and the overall congress evaluation questionnaire during this period! Each session can only be evaluated once.
Two confirmations can be obtained after ECR 2022: Confirmation of Attendance and CME Confirmation.
Confirmation of Attendance
This document confirms attendance at ECR 2022 without listing specific sessions you have attended and without listing obtained CME credits.
CME Confirmation
This document lists in exact detail all the sessions you have attended (live or on-demand) and evaluated during ECR 2022. It also states the number of hours attended and the number of CME credits you have been awarded.
Detailed information
Each ECR delegate meeting the CME requirements described under the above section “CME acquisition procedure” has access to the confirmation of all activities attended via the document ‘CME Confirmation’. From July 19, 2022 delegates can go online any time to the “My Certificates” section in their ESR Connect account and print out their ‘CME Confirmation’ document. This document lists in exact detail all the sessions attended live or on-demand and evaluated until July 18,2022 as well as the related number of hours.
The number of hours is identical to the number of CME credits awarded. If you tally the listed hours yourself and there is a discrepancy to the ‘Total hours earned’ position, this may have several reasons.
The UEMS-EACCME® has accredited the ECR 2022 with a maximum of 34 European CME credits (ECMEC®s), So, the ‘Total hours earned’ position on your CME Confirmation document will never show more, even if the sum of all hours attended may be greater.
The printout of your CME Confirmation should be submitted to your national jurisdiction (usually responsible for accreditation) for approval of your CME credits. Please note that the CME Confirmation will be issued only to the participant. It will not be supplied to any accreditation agency or other organization.
In case of questions, please contact ESR’s CME support at [email protected].