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Steps to Obtaining Self-Assessment CME Credit<br />

<strong>SAGES</strong> <strong>2017</strong> Surgical Spring Week<br />

Part 2 of the American Board of Surgery (ABS)<br />

Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program<br />

The American Board of Surgery (ABS) requires completion of 90 hours of Category I CME relevant to your practice over a threeyear<br />

MOC cycle. As of July 2012, at least 60 (previously 30) of the 90 hours completed over a three-year cycle must include a<br />

self-assessment activity. The <strong>SAGES</strong> Annual Meeting has been designated as Self-Assessment CME credit, applicable to Part 2 of<br />

the ABS MOC program. You must complete the following steps to obtain Part 2 SA credits. For additional information on the ABS<br />

MOC program and its requirements, visit the ABS website at: http://home.absurgery.org/<br />

HPB<br />

AE<br />

PE<br />

Step 1: Attend the <strong>SAGES</strong> Meeting<br />

Step 2: Note the Learning Themes for which you attended the<br />

greatest number of hours<br />

Step 3: Complete Evaluation Tool & CME Claim<br />

cme.sages.org – You will be asked to enter your <strong>SAGES</strong> <strong>2017</strong> Badge ID<br />

Step 4: Successfully answer 8 questions related to 2 Learning Themes<br />

Step 5: Print your CME credit certificate and Part 2 SA credit online<br />

Learning Theme Symbols (look for these throughout the final program)<br />

C Colorectal<br />

B Bariatrics<br />

HR Hernias<br />

FOR Foregut<br />

SO Solid Organ<br />

AC Acute Care<br />

R Robotics<br />

HPB HPB/Biliary<br />

PE Professional/Economic – strategies for improving practice<br />

efficiency and patient safety including billing and the use of<br />

electronic medical records<br />

AE Academic/Educational – simulation-based teaching, researchrelated<br />

techniques, career development, fellowship training,<br />

and the development of innovative ideas<br />

FE Flexible Endoscopy<br />

NS New technologies/Skill acquisition – cutting-edge therapies<br />

such as robotic, single access, POEM, and natural orifice<br />

techniques<br />

The Role of <strong>SAGES</strong> Guidelines in the World of Surgery<br />

Once you leave surgical training, what are the new<br />

and emerging rules on how to treat patients? Even if<br />

you attend meetings and read a plethora of journals, it<br />

is not always clear what the “standard of practice“ is.<br />

Also, not clear is what your hospital may expect from<br />

you in order to allow you to perform new procedures.<br />

The <strong>SAGES</strong> Guidelines Committee does that work for<br />

you, your privileging committee and the entire surgical<br />

community. <strong>SAGES</strong> guidelines are evidence based. It<br />

takes approximately ten people and one year to do<br />

the research and make the determination of which<br />

standards to adopt.<br />

The development and dissemination of guidelines is one<br />

of the most valuable services <strong>SAGES</strong> provides to general<br />

and minimal access surgery.<br />

You can find guidelines and/or statements as they<br />

relate to the content of relevant sessions in this<br />

program, or through direct links in our mobile app<br />

under the session description.<br />

Complete list of all of our guidelines and statements is<br />

available at http://www.sages.org/publications<br />

12 Surgical Spring Week · <strong>SAGES</strong> <strong>2017</strong> · March 22 - 25, <strong>2017</strong> · www.sages<strong>2017</strong>.org

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