CME Accreditation
The 36th Annual EAU Congress is a perfect platform for disseminating scientific and practical knowledge among urology professionals. Delegates attending this congress have a unique opportunity to follow an intense programme of professional development and continuous medical education activities.
The ‘European Association of Urology’ (or) ’36th Annual EAU Congress’ is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), www.uems.net.
Official Statement EACCME
The 36th Anniversary EAU Congress 08/07/2021-12/07/2021 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 40 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 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.
Please find below the breakdown of ECMEC®s per day:
08.07.2021 – 8.00
09.07.2021 – 8.00
10.07.2021 – 8.00
11.07.2021 – 8.00
12.07.2021 – 8.00
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.
CME credits for EAU21 will be awarded not just for sessions viewed live, but also for any sessions viewed via the “On Demand” feature on the virtual platform up to three months after the congress ends (8 July-12 October 2021, 19:30 CEST). Participants will be logged and checked.
Please note that Industry sessions and Abstract Gallery content are not accredited.
After 12 October 2021 19:30 CEST, all EAU21 scientific content will be available in the EAU21 Resource Centre, but it will no longer be accredited.
