CME:
Award of CME credits by ACS is based on compliance of the program with the ACCME accreditation requirements and does not imply endorsement by ACS of the content, the faculty, or the sponsor of the program.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.
Diplomates of the American Board of Surgery:
By participating in an ACS-accredited activity, you may choose to participate in the automatic transfer of your CME credits to the ABS via the ACCME. The direct automatic transfer applies to all learners who have an American College of Surgeons (ACS) profile, are Diplomates of the ABS, and have provided their ABS ID and date of birth in the ACS MyCME Portal on the Board Certification page.
If you do not already have an American College of Surgeons (ACS) profile (Learner ID), you can create one through the ACS New User Registration Form. This is a free offering for those who have enrolled in an ACS- Accredited educational activity. The ACS ID will grant you access to MyCME where you can track, manage, and send your CME Data to the ABS.
If you need assistance with creating an ACS Learner ID or are not certain if you already have one, please contact Log-In Help.
For more information or to request assistance, contact mycme@facs.org
Program Objectives:
- Identify best practices to improve surgical quality and reduce variation in care.
- Understand current trends and system-level factors affecting statewide surgical practice.
- Analyze challenging surgical cases and interactive problem solving
- Evaluate confidential, benchmarked performance reports to track progress on key surgical quality initiatives
- Identify evidence-based intervention strategies
Disclosure Information
In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.
Commercial Promotion Acknowledgment
The Surgical Collaborative of Wisconsin wishes to recognize and thank the following companies for their commercial promotion towards this activity: Boston Scientific, Elucent Medical, Heron Therapeutics, Medtronic, THD, and Vertex Pharmecuticals.