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Continuing Medical Education Credit Information

Accreditation

The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

The American College of Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Of the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ listed above, a maximum of 14.50 hours meet the requirements for Patient Safety.*

The content of this activity may meet certain mandates of regulatory bodies. Please note that ACS has not and does not verify the content for such mandates with any regulatory body. Individual physicians are responsible for verifying the content satisfies such requirements.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. 

CME Credit Claiming

Attendees are eligible to claim CME Credits or a Certificate of Completion, as applicable, for sessions they attend during the two-day meeting (March 20–21, 2025). Hours will be awarded to attendees based on the extent of their participation in the activity.  Many credentialing boards for healthcare professionals will accept a Certificate of Completion for conversion of hours to the specific type of credit required.

ALL ATTENDEES MUST COMPLETE THE EVALUATION AND CLAIMING PROCESS to claim CME Credit and download/print a certificate. Claiming can begin on March 21. You will use your existing ACS login credentials to log in to the credit claiming system. The deadline to claim Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit is April 21, 2025.

Claim CME Credit Claiming Instructions
Program Objectives

At the end of this educational activity, participants will be able to:

  • Apply new knowledge and ideas to improve the simulation-based surgical education and training provided to learners at their institutions.
  • Implement innovative teaching techniques at their institutions.
  • Discuss and apply the most recent research advancements in the field of simulation education.
  • Examine how surgeons, anesthesiologists, and members of the quality, safety, and risk management departments can work together to improve quality and safety at their institutes using simulation.
Commercial Promotion Acknowledgement

The American College of Surgeons Accredited Education Institutes (ACS-AEI) Program wishes to recognize and thank the following companies for their commercial promotion towards this educational activity.

  • 3Deus Dynamics
  • Anatomage
  • Intelligent Video Solutions 
  • Lazarus 3D
  • Limbs and Things
  • Max-Fi Surgical Simulations
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Northwestern Simulation
  • Strategic Operations
  • Surgical Science
  • The University of Illinois Health/SITL

Disclosure Information

2025 Disclosures List

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any ineligible company held in the last 24 months. Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.