EBU Board MeetingTiblisi, October 6./7, 2006
EU-ACME REPORT
H. MadersbacherChairman EU-ACME Office
Agenda
Topics:
1. Current status EU-ACME programme
2. Arabic Urological Association
3. Cooperation with UEMS – report from the Workshop regarding CME in Brussels
4. Information regarding ESPU:
- Journal of Paediatric Urology- ESPU membership card
5. Further activities / plans
6. Any other business
Agenda
Topics:
1. Current status EU-ACME programme
2. Arabic Urological Association
3. Cooperation with UEMS – report from the Workshop regarding CME in Brussels
4. Information regarding ESPU:
- Journal of Paediatric Urology
- ESPU membership card
5. Further activities / plans
6. Any other business
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4283
173
776
202314 334 369
191 155
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Austria EAU ESPU HUA ICS NVU others PUA RAU SUA TAU
number of participants registered at the EU-ACME system as of June 2006
EAU 4283Others 4057
Italy, Finland and Spainare members, but have not yet provided the membership list of their societies
8330 Total
Current status EU-ACME programme
Information regarding registered accredited CME/CPD activities
19981999
20002001
20022003
20042005
2 17
177197
405
320
286
321
0 1
205 219
190176
145
181
0
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100
150
200
250
300
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450
Total registered CME activities Total registered CPD activities
Current status EU-ACME programme
Information regarding countries who asked for the EU-ACME office assistance
EAU / ESU ESPU Hellenic Urological Association Turkish Association of Urology Austrian Association of Urology Swedish Urological Association Slovenian Urological Association Dutch Urological Association
Already 11 national societies have joined the EU-ACME programme, but too few apply for registration and administration of CME credits!
Membership types and fees
Current status
EU-ACME Membership (NUA / IUA) 10 EUREAU Active Members 10 EUR
Included in the EAU Membership fee
EU-ACME individual Membership 33 EUR
Proposal
EU-ACME-Corresponding Membership
EAU Active Corresponding 10 EURwould be included in an EAU Membership fee
EAU Corresponding 10 EUR
Current status EU-ACME programme
Information regarding EU-ACME MCQs Online
Journals with EU-ACME MCQs:
- European Urology
- European Urology Supplements
- EBU-EAU Update Series
In the future
- Journal of Paediatric Urology
Total number of answered MCQs - 411
Total number of participants visiting webpage - 57
Current status EU-ACME programme
Information regarding the new CME/CPD credit management system (Helium) and the new EU-ACME webpage
Agenda
Topics:
1. Current status EU-ACME programme
2. Arabic Urological Association
3. Cooperation with UEMS – report from the Workshop regarding CME in Brussels
4. Information regarding ESPU:
- Journal of Paediatric Urology
- ESPU membership card
5. Further activities / plans
6. Any other business
Agenda
Topics:
1. Current status EU-ACME programme
2. Arabic Urological Association
3. Cooperation with UEMS – report from the Workshop regarding CME in Brussels
4. Information regarding ESPU:
- Journal of Paediatric Urology
- ESPU membership card
5. Further activities / plans
6. Any other business
CME private workshop June 2006
Accreditation representatives from:CardiologyPneumologyClinical microbiologyInfectious diseasesUrologyRheumatologyNuclear medicineDiabetesOncologyRadiologyPaediatricsIntensive care medicineHematology
EACCME• European Accreditation Council for CME:
established by UEMS in 1999, as an internal branch of UEMS, (i.e. same management).
• Concept:
1. Clearing-house for CME accreditation of international events in all specialties.
2. Provider sends programme of planned event to EACCME or NAAs for primary approval.
3. EACCME requests event assessment and accreditation from UEMS sections – EVENT ACCREDITATION
4. EACCME informs provider of number of credits.
5. EACCME credits should be recognised by NAAs.
European Specialty Accreditation Boards ESABs
• Many specialities or UEMS sections have created dedicated CME accreditation bodies
• Often joint boards are composed of members from UEMS sections and relevant Scientific Societies
Agenda
Topics:
1. Current status EU-ACME programme
2. Arabic Urological Association
3. Cooperation with UEMS – report from the Workshop regarding CME in Brussels
4. Information regarding ESPU:- Journal of Paediatric Urology- ESPU membership card
5. Further activities / plans
6. Any other business
Agenda
Topics:
1. Current status EU-ACME programme
2. Arabic Urological Association
3. Cooperation with UEMS – report from the Workshop regarding CME in Brussels
4. Information regarding ESPU:- Journal of Paediatric Urology- ESPU membership card
5. Further activities / plans
6. Any other business
Future plans/activities
September 2006 – Distribution of the Credit Registry Report for PUA
– import of the new members from Finland and Spain
October 2006 – mailing to all EU-ACME members informing about the new data base and the new webpage
– mailing to NUA’s/IUA’s informing about the new database and the new webpage
November 2006 – implementation of the new webpage – Journal of Pediatric Urology
December 2007 – clean up of the database and post implementation activities
January 2007 – inviting the new associations to join the EU-ACME programme (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Slovakia,
Switzerland)
February 2007 – Distribution of the Credit Registry Report for 2006 to all
EU-ACME members
Future plans/activities
• Increase awareness for informing the EU-ACME office about accredited events organised by national urological societies
• Increase awareness for CME-online by reading accredited articles.
Agenda
Topics:
1. Current status EU-ACME programme
2. Arabic Urological Association
3. Cooperation with UEMS – report from the Workshop regarding CME in Brussels
4. Information regarding ESPU:- Journal of Paediatric Urology- ESPU membership card
5. Further activities / plans
6. Any other business
Current status EU-ACME programme
Information regarding the new house style- logo- letter paper- envelopes- business cards- PowerPoint template
Flowchart – CME activityRecieved
request from EUACME
office
check program of
a CME activity
Instruction registration in
DB
Fill in the DB proposed
category and number of credits
Request form
Programme schedule
sending request for
approval
Request form
Programme schedule
EBU ACC member
Approving accreditation
recieving decision for accreditation
send information
EU-ACME office
send decision regarding
accreditationEBU office
EBU office activities now taken over by the EU-ACME office (only bureaucratic work)
-15 min per activity- in 2005 – 500 activities- total work load 125 hours- equivalent to 15,63 working days