CME ACCREDITATION
The 76th Annual EAS Congress is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), http://www.uems.net/.
The 76th Annual EAS Congress is designated for a maximum of 21 hours of European external CME credits. Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
EACCME credits are recognized by the American Medical Association towards the Physician's Recognition Award (PRA). To convert EACCME credit to AMA PRA category 1 credit, contact the AMA.
Number of Hours
The Finnish Medical Association has granted 24 hours of CME Credits to the congress. The EACCME has granted 21 European CME credits (ECMEC) to the congress.
EBAC ACCREDITATION CERTIFICATE 
The "76th Annual EAS Congress", has been accredited by the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology for 17 CME credit hours.
List of institutions officially recognising the competence of EBAC in international accreditation:
CardioVasculair Onderwijs Instituut (NL), Österreichische Akademie der Ärzte (AT).
List of National Cardiac Societies officially recognising the competence of EBAC in international accreditation:
Ärztekammer Nordrhein (DE), British Cardiovascular Society (UK), Dansk Cardiologisk Selskab (DK), Federazione Italiana di Cardiologia (IT), Hrvatsko Kardiolosko Drustvo (HR), Irish Cardiac Society (IE), Kardiologiska Föreningen i Finland (FI), Lebanese Society of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (LB), Nederlandse Vereniging voor Cardiologie (NL), Österreichische Kardiologische Gesellschaft (AT), Polskie Towarzystwo Kardiologiczne (PL), Sociedad Espanola de Cardiologia (ES), Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia (PT), Societas Helvetica Cardiologica (CH), Societatea Romana de Cardiologie (RO), Société Française de Cardiologie (FR), Türk Kardiyoloji Dernegi (TR), Zdruzenje Kardiologov Slovenije (SI), Ελληνική Καρδιολογική Εταιρεία (GR).
Each participant should claim only those hours of credit that have actually been spent in the educational activity. EBAC works according to the quality standards of the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME), which is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS).
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