Continuing Medical Education

You must log in to the site using your American College of Surgeons (ACS) or Selected Readings in General Surgery username and password. Your 8-digit username can be found on the address label or on your annual renewal notice. Your password is your last name. If you have trouble logging in, please contact us at srgs@facs.org or 800-631-0033.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Accreditation

Through an agreement between the American College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, MOC Program participants may record completed self-assessment programs or simulation activities developed and accredited by the American College of Surgeons in Section 3 of the Royal College's MOC Program.

Transmitting CME Credit to the American Board of Surgery

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) does not automatically transfer CME data to the American Board of Surgery (ABS). If you would like to electronically transmit your CME data from the ACS to the ABS, use the ACS MyCME Portal. This FREE offering is for both members and nonmembers who have enrolled in an ACS educational activity.

To send your CME data, you will need your ACS ID log-in. This will be either your membership number or the ACS ID you received when you created your ACS account at the time of purchase for the activity you registered. If you need assistance with the ACS ID, contact Log-In Help.

View our detailed instructions with screenshots.

Step-by-Step Instructions to Access MyCME and Transmit Your CME Data

1. Log into MyCME.
2. Once logged in, you will see your name at the top right of the page.
3. Select the “Send CME Data” tab.
4. Select the “Specialty Board” option.
5. From the recipient drop-menu, select American Board of Surgery.
6. Select “I Agree.”
7. Enter your ABS ID.
8. Enter your month and day of birth.
9. Confirm that your email address is correct.
10. Enter the desired start and end dates for your CME data range and click “Get Select Dates.”
11. Review the transcript data to confirm it is correct.
12. Once satisfied with the “Send to ABS” criteria, click the “Yes” button.

After your CME credits are sent, you will see a confirmation page. After 24 hours, you can log into your ABS account to confirm the credits are in your ABS CME Repository.

For questions about the MyCME portal, contact mycme@facs.org. For questions regarding the ABS requirements, please contact ABS at cc@absurgery.org.

Disclosures

In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Educations (ACCME) accreditation criteria, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity has disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. The Selected Readings in General Surgery Editorial Board are required to complete disclosure forms and report all financial relationships.

The ACCME defines a commercial interest as "any entity producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients." It does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests. The ACCME considers "relevant" financial relationships as financial transactions (in any amount) that may create a conflict of interest and occur within the 12 months preceding the time the individual is being asked to assume a role controlling the content of the educational activity.

The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias as it pertains to Selected Readings in General Surgery. Anyone who disclosed a potential conflict pertaining to his or her role in Selected Readings in General Surgery has been contacted, and the disclosures listed below have been managed to our satisfaction. However, if you perceive a bias while participating in this enduring material, please advise us of the circumstances. The requirement for disclosure is not intended to imply any impropriety of such relationships but simply to identify such relationships through full disclosure and allow the audience to form its own judgments regarding this enduring material.

Editorial Board Disclosures

Disclosure information for SRGS Editorial Board members for 2021:

Nita Ahuja, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Patrice Blair, MPH (Nothing to disclose)
LD Britt, MD, MPH, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Karen Deveney, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Michael B. Edye, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Jean C. Emond, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Liane Feldman, MD, FACS (Honorarium–Theator)
Lewis M. Flint, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Donald E. Fry, MD, FACS (Speaker honoraria–Becton Dickinson; Consulting fees–Prescient Surgical Co.; Research funding, honoraria–IrriMax Corporation)
Amy L. Halverson, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Tyler G. Hughes, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Raul Rosenthal, MD, FACS (Honorarium–Diagnostic Green and Medtronic; Educational grants–Stryker Medical and KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc.)
Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC (Nothing to disclose)
Eduardo de Santibañes, MD, PhD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Nathaniel J. Soper, MD, FACS (Stock options–Flex Dex, Inc., MeshSuture, Inc., Miret Surgical, Inc.)
Steven Steinberg, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Girma Tefera, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Christopher B. Weldon, MD, PhD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Steven D. Wexner, MD, PhD (Hon), FACS, FRCSEng, FRCSEd, FRCSI(Hon), FRCS(Glasg)(Hon) (Consulting fees–Covidien, Intuitive Surgical, Regenesis, KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc., and Stryker Medical; Royalties–Covidien, Intuitive Surgical, and KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc.)
Heather Yeo, MD, FACS (Stock options–Survivornet)