EBAC 2018
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 […]
EBAC-Newsletter 2018 V: Cologne Consensus Conference to become live meeting of the International Academy for CPD Accreditation
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 […]
EBAC-Newsletter 2018 IV: JACC Expands Continuing Education Offerings
In 2015 EBAC and the US Accreditation Council for CME (ACCME) have reached an agreement onmutual recognition of accreditation systems. This has paved the way, that currently Europeanparticipants in ACC live events (ACC Congress, New York Cardiovascular Summit) may directlyclaim EBAC certificates, avoiding additional bureaucratic conversion procedures in their homecountry. This cooperation has now been […]
Prof. Joerg Stein, MD, PhD new chair of EBAC Advisory and Reviewing Committee (ARC)
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 […]
EBAC accredits first two micro-e-learning CME activities
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 […]
International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities (IAMRA) approves European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology as new member
The European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) is honoured to announce that the International Association of Medical Regulators Authorities (IAMRA) has approved EBAC as new partner member. According to IAMRA statutes (www.iamra.com/bylaws) “partner membership is open to an organization, which has a nexus to IAMRA:a) as indicated by its direct contribution to the […]
EBAC to support International Academy for CPD Accreditation „Consensus Statement on Independence and Funding of CME/CPD“
Dear all, The International Academy for CPD Accreditation represents a “network of colleagues, dedicated to promoting and enhancing continuing professional development (CPD) accreditation systems throughout the world. The Academy is devoted to assisting and supporting the development, implementation and evolution of CPD and continuing medical education (CME) accreditation systems. Established in 2013, the Academy serves […]
EBAC in support of inter-professional education (IPCE)
IPCE is whenever “members from two or more professions learn with, from, and about each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes,” as Kate Regnier (ACCME) pointed out at the Cologne Consensus Conference 2017, which was held on Sept. 14/15, 2017 in Cologne, Germany. While inter-professional collaboration occurs in health-care systems whenever patient outcome is […]
EBAC and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada mutually recognise substantial equivalency of accreditation systems
The European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) is honoured to announce that the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and EBAC have recognized each other’s accreditation systems as substantially equivalent by decisions taken on May 5th, 2017, by the Board of the European Cardiology Section Foundation (ECSF) and the CPD Department of […]
Cologne Consensus Conference 2017
The CCC 2017 is devoted to „Accreditation of interprofessional CME/ CPD“ and takes place on September 14th – 15th, 2017 in Cologne, Germany. This year, it is organized in close cooperation with ACCME and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. A first flyer can be found here.