Collecting and reporting CME credits

Collecting CME Credits/ The EBAC Attendance Certificate/ Reporting CME Credits

Collecting CME Credits

In countries which have CME system in place, physicians are obliged to report their participation in CME activities. For this purpose CME Certificates are issued at the end of all accredited CME programmes (events, and distance learning programmes).
These certificates can then be presented to the demanding authority. The number of CME credits required per year can vary from country to country.

The EBAC Attendance Certificate

According to the requirements of EBAC towards the accredited CME provider/organizer, every participant of a CME event accredited by EBAC should receive at the end of the programme an Attendance Certificate with the number of CME points he just earned. The number of credits will depend on the time the doctor spent in the CME activity.

It is always the organiser of the event who is responsible for distributing the EBAC certifcates to particpants, based on their effective participation to the programme.

For large events, there is usually a CME desk where participants can obtain their EBAC certificates. For smaller events the certificates are often distributed at the end of the session when participants return their evaluation forms. For all distance learning programmes, the EBAC certificate is sent to the participant upon completion of a Multiple Choice Questionnaire assessing the knowledge acquired during of the CME session.

Reporting CME Credits

Once collected, the EBAC CME Certificate should be sent to the respective national CME Authority.
Depending on the countries and the CME system in place, it may be the National Cardiac Society or any other institutional CME authority.