Floor plan - 2013 Annual Meeting - American Association for Hand ...

ASRM CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION
ASRM MEETING OBJECTIVES:
1. To recognize and express updates 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 assemble 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 arrange education opportunities for practicing surgeons, residents and fellows.
4. To define and provide the attendees a focused update on specific topics in the form of expert panel presentations.
5. To integrate 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
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through
the joint sponsorship of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons is accredited
by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 26 AMA PRA Category 1 credits. Physicians should only claim credit
commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. (Credit hours subject to change):
AAHS/ASRM/ASPN Combined Day
January 12, 2008 4.0 hours
ASRM Master Series in Microsurgery
January 13, 2008 4.0 hours
ASRM Annual Meeting
January 12 – 15, 2008 22 hours
Additional CME hours are available for Instructional Courses on an hour-for-hour basis, awarded solely based on registration lists, as follows:
Course # CME
Instructional Courses 201 – 204 1.00 hour each
Instructional Coruses 205 – 208 1.00 hour each
Instructional Courses 209 – 212 1.00 hour each
Instructional Courses 213 – 216 1.00 hour each
Patient Safety Modules
January 12 – 15, 2008 1.00 hour each
Credit hours are subject to program changes.
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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