The European School for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery,Bergamo, 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.
Courses held at the European School for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery during 2005 are designated for a maximum of 30 hours of European external CME credits. Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
EACCME credits are recognized by the American Medical Association towards the Physician’s Recognition Award (PRA). To convert EACCME credit to AMA PRA category 1 credit, contact the AMA.
Accreditation InstitutionThe Continuing Medical Education (CME) activity identified above has received accreditation from:
CME-ICAP Coordinating Committee of Italian Scientific Societies
Via Ripamonti 129, I-20141 Milano, Italy, tel. +39 02 5660 1252, fax +39 02 5660 9063, E-mail: a.negri@mgr.it
European AccreditationFollowing accreditation by this national authority, European Accreditation has been granted to the CME activity identified above. European Accreditation is granted by the EACCME in order to allow participants to validate the credits obtained at this activity in their home European Country.