AAHS ASPN ASRM - 2013 Annual Meeting - American Association ...

ASRM CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
ASRM MEETING OBJECTIVES:
1. To provide the membership with an update on the state of the art techniques for microsurgical and complex reconstruction via
peer reviewed scientific presentations on clinical and basic science research.
2. To provide scientific and academic interaction and foster collaboration amongst the American Association for Hand Surgery,
the American Society for Peripheral Nerve and the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery.
3. To provide education opportunities for practicing surgeons, residents and fellows.
4. To provide the attendees a focused update on specific topics in the form of expert panel presentations.
5. To encourage participation by colleagues from around the world.
METHODS TO ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES WILL BE:
1. Free papers to be presented in the open forum that allows audience discussion.
2. National and international experts will provide different instructional courses on each day of the meeting.
3. Panels by national and international experts will discuss conventional, new and controversial aspects of microsurgery and complex reconstruction.
4. Patient Safety CME will be available by meeting participation and specialized computer modules available throughout the program.
5. Specific mailing and invitations will increase participation of colleagues from around the world.
6. Daily social events will provide interaction amongst colleagues, societies, and trainees.
7. A conjoint scientific session including panels, instructional courses will be maintained on Saturday with the AAHS and on Sunday with the ASPN.
ACCREDITATION/CME
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons® (ASPS®) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing
medical education for physicians. The Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation® (PSEF®) is the clinical education arm of the ASPS. The PSEF designates this
educational activity for Category I credit towards the American Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award as follows (Credit hours subject to change):
AAHS/ASRM/ASPN Combined Day
January 13, 2007 4.0 hours
ASRM Master Series in Microsurgery
January 13, 2007 3.5 hours
ASRM Annual Meeting
January 14 - 16, 2007 16.5 hours
Additional CME hours are available for Instructional Courses and Patients Safety Computerized Presentations on an hour-for-hour basis, awarded solely based
on registration lists, as follows:
Course # CME
Patients Safety Computerized Presentations 1.00 hour each
Instructional Courses 301 - 307 1.00 hour each
Instructional Coruses 308 - 314 1.00 hour each
Instructional Courses 315 - 321
Credit hours are subject to program changes.
1.00 hour each
COPYRIGHT
All of the proceedings of the annual meeting, including the presentations of scientific papers, are intended solely for the benefit of the membership of the American
Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery. No statement or presentation made at the meeting is to be regarded as dedicated to the public domain. Any statement or
presentation is to be regarded as limited publication only and all property rights in the material presented, including common law copyright, are expressly reserved to
the speaker or to the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery. Any sound reproduction, transcript, or other use of material presented at the meeting without
the permission of the speaker or the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery is prohibited to the full extent of common law copyright in such material.
DISCLAIMER
The views expressed and the subject material presented in the course of any activities sponsored by the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery including
lectures, seminars, instructional courses, or otherwise, represent the personal views of the individual participants and do not represent the opinion of the
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery. The Society assumes no responsibility for such views or materials, or implied, for the content of any Society
sponsored presentations. Further, the Society hereby acknowledges that while its broad purpose is to promote the development and exchange of knowledge pertaining
to the practice of microsurgery; it does so only in the context of a private forum without making any representation to the public whatsoever. Accordingly,
the Society declares that its primary purpose is to benefit only its members, and responsibility of the Society for acts or omissions of Society members dealing
with the public is hereby expressly disclaimed.
THE USE OF CAMERAS OR PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT IS NOT PERMITTED DURING THE PRESENTATION OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS.
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