CME

What is CMEasy and how does it work?

With a personalised tag, we can track which sessions you attend, and award CME credits automatically. After the sessions, a notification e-mail will be sent informing that attendance has been registered. On the following day, you receive a confirmation of  sessions attended, if you have reached the required minimum attendance time. 

How can I use CMEasy?

When you arrive at the congress venue, please pick up a bluetooth ‘tag’ in the entrance hall and attach it to your badge. Then go to one of the CMEasy counters to activate and personalise it.

Is it obligatory to use CMEasy?

No, it is optional, and is offered on a first-come, first-serve basis. All attendees can use the online evaluation system at eval.myESR.org

How does the CMEasy tracking work?

When you enter and exit a session room, your movement will be tracked. If you spend the majority of the session in the room, your attendance will be confirmed.

Do I receive confirmation of my attended sessions?

After attending sessions in a certain time slot, you will receive a notification via e-mail that attendance to these sessions has been registered. A link to an evaluation form will also be provided so you can evaluate the session.

Note that you must attend the majority of the session in order to have your attendance confirmed. The following congress day, you will receive an e-mail confirmation that the session has been added to your record of attendance, if you have reached the required minimum attendance time.

What do I do if I am not sure a session has been correctly registered?

After leaving the session room, you should receive a notification that your attendance in this session has been registered. In case this e-mail does not arrive immediately, please wait a couple of hours since there may be some delay in e-mail delivery. You can of course also go to the online evaluation system at eval.myESR.org and evaluate the session in question. This will also correctly register the session to your CME sheet (see also below).

Whom can I talk to if I have questions or problems with CMEasy?

Please contact our staff at the “App and CMEasy help desk” in the entrance hall.

How many credits can I earn for ECR?

This depends on where you come from:

• Europe: ECR 2018 has been accredited by the UEMS-EACCME and it is possible to claim up to 33 CME credits. The Österreichische Ärztekammer (Austrian Medical Chamber) has granted a maximum of 40 DFP (Diplom-Fortbildungs-Programm der Österreichischen Akademie der Ärzte) credits for ECR 2018.
• USA and Canada: Based on the agreements on the mutual recognition of credits between the AMA (American Medical Association), RCPSC (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada) and the UEMS-EACCME, American and Canadian physicians attending an EACCME-accredited event in Europe will have their credits converted to AMA PRA Category 1 in the USA and MOC Section 1 in Canada. The ECR 2018 is an EACCME-accredited event.

Where can I find my confirmation of attendance?

Each ECR delegate has access to a general Confirmation of Attendance via myESR.org/MyUserArea

To log in, please use your username and password (in case you do not remember them, please use your Last Name and Personal ID as indicated on your badge).

After Friday, March 2, printing stations will be available to print out this confirmation onsite. Note that this document is permanently available online several days after the congress, you can print them any time at home.

What information is on the “Record of attendance (CME confirmation)”? Where can I find it?

This lists in exact detail all the sessions visited and evaluated during the congress as well as the number of hours attended.

This document will be available several days after the congress via myESR.org/MyUserArea

Why is the list of sessions not identical to the total amount of CMEs earned?

This may have several reasons:

• The UEMS-EACCME has accredited the ECR congress with a maximum of 33 CME credits. According to its regulations, a maximum of 8 CME credits may be awarded per day. So if you attend 10 hours of sessions on a given day this will be listed on your ‘CME Confirmation’, but only 8 credits will be calculated into your total.
• The maximum for the entire congress is 33 CME credits, so the ‘Total hours earned’ position on your ‘CME Confirmation’ will never show more, even if the sum of all hours attended may be greater.
• Please note that there are 0 CME credits for industry workshops and satellite symposia, although they are also listed on the ‘CME Confirmation’.
• Although participants may partially attend multiple concurrent sessions, the total number of hours limits the credit to the equivalent of a single session during that time slot.