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EBAC 2019

Posted on December 20, 2019May 5, 2020 by EBAC Office

International relations:

On Sept. 23rd, 2019 EBAC and the AMA have signed an agreement on conversion of CME credit points.
Following mutual recognition of accreditation systems between EBAC and the Accreditation Council for CME (ACCME) in 2015, EBAC has already started to offer to ACCME accredited providers to convert CME credits for European participants in American CME activities.
The decision of the AMA now makes this process reciprocal, and constitutes a cornerstone in making substantial equivalency between accreditation systems relevant to learners.
EBAC and the ACCME have renewed their agreement on mutual recognition of substantial equivalency of accreditation system (valid until 2023).

EBAC provider accreditation – call for applications

Posted on November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 by EBAC Office

EBAC has started CME accreditation in 2001, and has so far exclusively practiced activity accreditation.
EBAC, in agreement with its parent organisation ECSF, now has started to also offer provider accreditation to allow providers to establish a culture of learning, and develop their unique profile.

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EBAC and American Medical Association (AMA) to enter agreement on conversion of CME credit points

Posted on October 8, 2019May 5, 2020 by EBAC Office

EBAC and AMA have decided to enter into an agreement on conversion of CME credit points.

Following mutual recognition of accreditation systems between EBAC and the Accreditation Council for CME (ACCME) in 2015, EBAC has already started to offer to ACCME accredited providers to convert CME credits for European participants in American CME activities.

The decision of the AMA now makes this process reciprocal, and constitutes a cornerstone in making substantial equivalency between accreditation systems relevant to learners.

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Cologne Consensus Conference 2018 now online

Posted on August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 by EBAC Office

The presentations of CCC18 are now available online:

http://e-cs-f.org/en/activities-and-projects/#Chap1

The CCC18 dealt with “What our data tells us: about value, providers, activities, and learners” and has gathered accreditors as well as providers from all over the globe to discuss

Why accreditation of CME matters to regulators, featuring presentations from Canada, the US, and CPME (Comité Permanent des Médecins Européens) describing the complex scenario in Europe
How different accreditation systems have been established (provider/activity/hybrid accreditation), what they have achieved, and which challenges they are facing; incl. presentations from Germany, Austria, European Specialty Accreditation Boards, the US, and Canada

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EBAC Meeting with Providers and Sponsors

Posted on May 3, 2019May 3, 2019 by EBAC Office

Dear all,

This is a kind reminder of the next EBAC Meeting with Providers and Sponsors, to be held on June 6, 2019, 11 am, at Sheraton Airport Hotel, Frankfurt (DE). On the following day (June 7th, 2019, 10am- 4pm) EBAC is going to organise the 1st EBAC Provider Training. This meeting aims to convene all providers who already have agreed or are interested to become an accredited provider, and will address the concept as well as practical issues of provider accreditation.

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EBAC Meeting with Providers and Sponsors

Posted on February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 by EBAC Office

This is to invite you to the next

EBAC Meeting with Providers and Sponsors

June 6th, 2019, 11am-4pm

Sheraton Airport Hotel
Frankfurt, Germany

Tentative tops on the agenda might be

accreditation of micro-e-learning
accreditation of inter-professional education
provider accreditation
EBAC initiative “Certification of Professional Competence”

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EBAC 2018

Posted on December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 by EBAC Office

1. Persons and positions:
As of July 1st, 2018 Prof. Jörg Stein, MD (AT) has succeeded Prof. Reinhard Griebenow, MD as Chair of the EBAC Advisory and Reviewing Committee. In its meeting on Dec. 14, 2018 the ECSF Foundation Council has appointed Henrik Herrmann, MD (Chamber of Physicians Schleswig-Holstein, DE) as member of ECSF Board, and Craig Campbell, MD (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada) as member of ECSF Foundation Council.

2. Harmonisation of CME-CPD Accreditation:
In 2018 EBAC has contributed to harmonisation of CME-CPD accreditation by several activities:

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EBAC-Newsletter 2018 V: Cologne Consensus Conference to become live meeting of the International Academy for CPD Accreditation

Posted on November 6, 2018November 6, 2018 by EBAC Office

On Sept. 13-14, 2018, the Cologne Consensus Conference 2018 was held in Ottawa, Canada, hosted by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

This year’s theme “What do our data tells us about value, providers, activities and learners in accredited CPD” attracted about 60 participants representing accreditation bodies, regulators, providers, and other stakeholders interested in evidence based CME- CPD accreditation.

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Prof. Joerg Stein, MD, PhD new chair of EBAC Advisory and Reviewing Committee (ARC)

Posted on June 19, 2018June 19, 2018 by EBAC Office

As of July 1st, 2018, Prof. Joerg Stein (AT) has been appointed new chair of EBAC ARC by the ECSF Council.

Joerg Stein is a former Head, Department III of Paediatrics (Cardiology, Pneumology, Allergology, Cystic Fibrosis) at Innsbruck University Hospital, and joined EBAC as a reviewer in 2008, nominated by the Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC).

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EBAC accredits first two micro-e-learning CME activities

Posted on April 18, 2018 by EBAC Office

The European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) supports “the aim of continuing medical education/continuing professional development (CME/CPD) to maintain and update medical competence in cardiovascular medicine. This includes

interdisciplinary and inter-professional CME – training in social and communication skills
methodological tools like evidence based medicine, quality assurance, total quality management etc.

The individual physician is free to choose the type and content of CME/CPD, which he/she considers as appropriate to meet his/her needs.” (from: EBAC Policy Statement and Accreditation Rules)

With this regard EBAC has considered a wide range of learning formats as suitable for accreditation. In live educational activities it has for a long time been accepted, that each contribution may not last 60 minutes (the lower limit to be awarded one full CME point) as long as the whole event lasts at least one hour.

E-Learning material, through unlimited access and flexibility of use, has enhanced meeting individual needs in CME by providing not only well established learning formats online, but even problem oriented “point of care”- information to support clinical decision-making in the individual patient. EBAC thus considers so-called “micro-e-learning” a valuable adjunct to more comprehensive learning formats.

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