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Accreditation Statement: The American College<br />
of Rheumatology is accredited by the Accreditation<br />
Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)<br />
to provide continuing medical education for<br />
physicians.<br />
Designation Statement: The ACR designates this<br />
live educational activity for a maximum of 54.50 AMA<br />
PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim<br />
only the credit commensurate with the extent of<br />
their participation in the activity.<br />
International Physicians: International physicians<br />
who register as part of a group and require AMA<br />
PRA Category 1 Credit(s) must provide the following<br />
information to your tour leader: full name, mailing<br />
address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail<br />
address. The information will be used to verify your<br />
meeting attendance.<br />
The American Medical Association has an<br />
agreement of mutual recognition of continuing<br />
medical education credit with the European Union<br />
of Medical Specialties. International physicians<br />
interested in converting AMA PRA Category 1 Credit<br />
to EACCME credit should contact the UEMS.<br />
Health Professionals: Participants may claim hours<br />
to receive a Certificate of Participation for an activity<br />
designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). For<br />
non-CME <strong>session</strong>s, attendees may also request a<br />
certificate of participation.<br />
How Do I Claim Credit? It is an AMA requirement<br />
that you claim only the EXACT amount of time spent<br />
in each educational <strong>session</strong>. This accurately reflects<br />
the extent of your participation in the activity. You<br />
may attend <strong>session</strong>s for LESS than their entirety<br />
and claim partial credit to the nearest quarter<br />
hour. Note that you may NOT claim credit hours for<br />
attending two full <strong>session</strong>s at a given time in their<br />
entirety. Therefore, if you inaccurately record your<br />
credit hours and exceed the meeting maximum of<br />
AMA/PRA Category 1 Credits, you will need to correct<br />
your claim in order to receive your certificate.<br />
Example: You attend half of a 1-hour <strong>session</strong> and half<br />
of another in the same time slot. You must report<br />
that you spent .5 hours in the first <strong>session</strong> and .5<br />
in the second <strong>session</strong>. If you attempt to claim full<br />
credit (1hr) for each of the two <strong>session</strong>s, the claim<br />
system may over-calculate your CME credit and you<br />
may exceed the maximum number of credit hours<br />
allowed. In this case you would not be able to receive<br />
your certificate.<br />
How Do I Claim Credit for Poster Sessions? You<br />
may only be awarded CME credit for viewing<br />
posters during the 9:00 – 11:00 am time slot. It is an<br />
AMA requirement that poster presenters must be<br />
available to engage learners. You must therefore<br />
claim ONLY the credit commensurate with the<br />
extent for your participation in the activity during<br />
this time slot. You may claim partial credit.<br />
CLAIMING CME CREDIT<br />
You may claim your CME credit at the Technology<br />
Center, located on the North Building, Exhibit Level,<br />
in the lobby outside of Hall D, during or at the end<br />
of the meeting for all <strong>session</strong>s attended. You may<br />
also claim your credit online during and after the<br />
meeting at ACRannualmeeting.org.