EBAC mission

Mission & Objectives/ EBAC Activities/ Relation to EACCME & UEMS/ Quality & Transparency

Mission & Objectives

According to its Mission Statement, adopted in December 2000, the role of EBAC goes beyond providing accreditation services:

"The European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) will stimulate, coordinate, and facilitate high quality Continuing Medical Education (CME) in cardiology, both for individuals and institutions, in order to provide the highest possible standard of care for patients and populations."

EBAC takes the responsibility for the development, availability and quality of international CME in European cardiology.

Practically EBAC:

	Advises and helps those, who wish to establish accreditation procedures in cardiology
	Facilitates individual cardiologists' international CME credit acquisition
	Encourages the recognition of those credits by national authorities
	Produces guidelines for CME in Cardiology.

EBAC will facilitate and accredit all types of international CME activities in cardiology, and promote the application of new information technologies. EBAC intends to guide practitioners in their choice of distance based CME activities by displaying the EBAC logo on the accredited Internet CME courses, CD ROMs and CME articles.

EBAC Activities

The primary and most visible activity of EBAC is the accreditation of international educational programmes in cardiology in Europe: both events/ congresses and distance learning programmes (CD ROMs, Internet based courses, CME Articles).

EBAC is also involved in:

Harmonisation of CME in Europe (in cooperation with EACCME)
Set up of accreditation systems at national levels (using EBAC experience and expertise in on-line accreditation)

Relation to EACCME & UEMS

EACCME:

EBAC works in accordance with quality guidelines established by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) which is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS)

UEMS:

3 EBAC members are mandated by the UEMS Cardiology Section.