Brussels, 14th June 2007
UEMS/N2007/1289
EACCME
European
Accreditation Council
for Continuing Medical Education
Institution of the UEMS
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To CME activity Director/Provider:
VitalMed Europa
Contact person: I. Burggraaf
E-mail: vitalmed@vitalmedbodrum.com
5th International Course on the Hand
21 – 25 October 2007, Bodrum
Accreditation Institution:
The Continuing Medical Education (CME) activity identified above has received accreditation from the:
Turkish Medical Association
European Accreditation
Following 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.
Accreditation Statement
Accreditation by the EACCME confers the right to place the following statements in printed materials including the event programme and the certificate of participation for the CME activity. The following statements must be used without revision:
“The < name of institution > (or) < title of the CME activity > 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.”
“The < title of the CME activity > is designated for a maximum of (or "for up to") < number of hours > 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.”
Number of hours
The Turkish Medical Association has granted 27 CME/CPD credit hours to the course.
The EACCME has granted 24 European CME credits (ECMEC) to the course.
Quality Control
By accepting the European Accreditation by the EACCME the provider accepts the quality requirements for CME activities as agreed upon by the EACCME participating CME authorities. The quality requirements can be found on the UEMS website, page EACCME, Document D 9908.
Yours sincerely,