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CME

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION INFORMATION

Regional Meeting Purpose

This meeting is intended to develop the professional skills of academic general internists and others interested in medical education, health care delivery and policy, and clinical general medicine. A variety of learning modalities, including lectures, workshops, and author presentations, offers attendees the opportunity to develop a personalized educational experience. Research findings, interesting clinical cases, and skill-building opportunities addressing issues important to academic general medicine will be presented.

Who Should Attend?

This meeting is designed to serve the needs of general internists and other primary care and specialty physicians interested in medical education, health care delivery and policy, and clinical general medicine.

Accreditation

This activity is being planned and will be implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of Alabama School of Medicine (UASOM), and the Society for General Internal Medicine (SGIM). The UASOM is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.  The University of Alabama at Birmingham is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.

CME Credit Designation

The UASOM designates the SGIM Southern Regional Meeting for a maximum of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 credits.™   CME credit is not provided for poster sessions or interest group meetings.

Physicians must complete an online CME application, identifying the specific sessions that they actually attended, and which must be completed within 12 months of the last day of the regional meeting.

**Please note: Physicians may not apply for, nor claim, AMA PRA Category 1 credit™ for sessions in which they present; they may claim AMA PRA Category 2 credit™  for preparation time.

Presenter Disclosure of Dual Commitments

SGIM requires all presenting faculty to comply with the SGIM Policy on Dual Commitments. Precourse, abstract, innovation, vignette and workshop submissions require every presenter to provide information regarding any and all external funding relating to the content of the submission. The SGIM CME committee will contact each presenter disclosing commercial external funding in order to resolve all conflicts of interest. CME credit will not be awarded for participation in sessions presented by those whose conflicts of interest cannot be resolved. Disclosure information is provided to attendees in all print and electronic meeting materials. A copy of the SGIM Policy on Dual Commitments is available on our website.  Unless noted, each presenting author has submitted this required information and has no unresolved conflicts to report.

SGIM MOVES TO GREENER MEETINGS:
CME APPLICATION & MEETING EVALUATION FORMS ARE ONLINE ONLY
 

Meeting Evaluation Instructions
For SGIM Members & Non-Members:

1. Click here for meeting evaluation link
2. Click on "Southern 2010 Regional Meeting"
3. Proceed with completion of meeting evaluation


Meeting CME Application Instructions
For SGIM Members & Non-Members:

1. Click here for CME link
2. Enter your SGIM username and password when prompted (non-members, please use same login used for registration)
3. Click on “CME History” (on middle of left column)
4. Click on “Apply for CME Credits” (gray box below the list of meetings)
5. Click on 2010 Southern Regional Meeting
6. Identify sessions attended
7. Click Printer Icon to print a CME certificate