EBU Board Meeting Tiblisi, October 6./7, 2006

EBU Board MeetingTiblisi, October 6./7, 2006

EU-ACME REPORT

H. MadersbacherChairman EU-ACME Office

Agenda

Topics:

1. Current status EU-ACME programme

2. Arabic Urological Association

3. Cooperation with UEMS – report from the Workshop regarding CME in Brussels

4. Information regarding ESPU:

- Journal of Paediatric Urology- ESPU membership card

5. Further activities / plans

6. Any other business

Agenda

Topics:

1. Current status EU-ACME programme

2. Arabic Urological Association

3. Cooperation with UEMS – report from the Workshop regarding CME in Brussels

4. Information regarding ESPU:

- Journal of Paediatric Urology

- ESPU membership card

5. Further activities / plans

6. Any other business

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Austria EAU ESPU HUA ICS NVU others PUA RAU SUA TAU

number of participants registered at the EU-ACME system as of June 2006

EAU 4283Others 4057

Italy, Finland and Spainare members, but have not yet provided the membership list of their societies

8330 Total

Current status EU-ACME programme

Information regarding registered accredited CME/CPD activities

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20002001

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20042005

2 17

177197

405

320

286

321

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205 219

190176

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181

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Total registered CME activities Total registered CPD activities

Current status EU-ACME programme

Information regarding countries who asked for the EU-ACME office assistance

EAU / ESU ESPU Hellenic Urological Association Turkish Association of Urology Austrian Association of Urology Swedish Urological Association Slovenian Urological Association Dutch Urological Association

Already 11 national societies have joined the EU-ACME programme, but too few apply for registration and administration of CME credits!

Membership types and fees

Current status

EU-ACME Membership (NUA / IUA) 10 EUREAU Active Members 10 EUR

Included in the EAU Membership fee

EU-ACME individual Membership 33 EUR

Proposal

EU-ACME-Corresponding Membership

EAU Active Corresponding 10 EURwould be included in an EAU Membership fee

EAU Corresponding 10 EUR

Current status EU-ACME programme

Information regarding EU-ACME MCQs Online

Journals with EU-ACME MCQs:

- European Urology

- European Urology Supplements

- EBU-EAU Update Series

In the future

- Journal of Paediatric Urology

Total number of answered MCQs - 411

Total number of participants visiting webpage - 57

Current status EU-ACME programme

Information regarding the new CME/CPD credit management system (Helium) and the new EU-ACME webpage

Agenda

Topics:

1. Current status EU-ACME programme

2. Arabic Urological Association

3. Cooperation with UEMS – report from the Workshop regarding CME in Brussels

4. Information regarding ESPU:

- Journal of Paediatric Urology

- ESPU membership card

5. Further activities / plans

6. Any other business

Agenda

Topics:

1. Current status EU-ACME programme

2. Arabic Urological Association

3. Cooperation with UEMS – report from the Workshop regarding CME in Brussels

4. Information regarding ESPU:

- Journal of Paediatric Urology

- ESPU membership card

5. Further activities / plans

6. Any other business

CME private workshop June 2006

Accreditation representatives from:CardiologyPneumologyClinical microbiologyInfectious diseasesUrologyRheumatologyNuclear medicineDiabetesOncologyRadiologyPaediatricsIntensive care medicineHematology

EACCME• European Accreditation Council for CME:

established by UEMS in 1999, as an internal branch of UEMS, (i.e. same management).

• Concept:

1. Clearing-house for CME accreditation of international events in all specialties.

2. Provider sends programme of planned event to EACCME or NAAs for primary approval.

3. EACCME requests event assessment and accreditation from UEMS sections – EVENT ACCREDITATION

4. EACCME informs provider of number of credits.

5. EACCME credits should be recognised by NAAs.

European Specialty Accreditation Boards ESABs

• Many specialities or UEMS sections have created dedicated CME accreditation bodies

• Often joint boards are composed of members from UEMS sections and relevant Scientific Societies

Agenda

Topics:

1. Current status EU-ACME programme

2. Arabic Urological Association

3. Cooperation with UEMS – report from the Workshop regarding CME in Brussels

4. Information regarding ESPU:- Journal of Paediatric Urology- ESPU membership card

5. Further activities / plans

6. Any other business

Agenda

Topics:

1. Current status EU-ACME programme

2. Arabic Urological Association

3. Cooperation with UEMS – report from the Workshop regarding CME in Brussels

4. Information regarding ESPU:- Journal of Paediatric Urology- ESPU membership card

5. Further activities / plans

6. Any other business

Future plans/activities

September 2006 – Distribution of the Credit Registry Report for PUA

– import of the new members from Finland and Spain

October 2006 – mailing to all EU-ACME members informing about the new data base and the new webpage

– mailing to NUA’s/IUA’s informing about the new database and the new webpage

November 2006 – implementation of the new webpage – Journal of Pediatric Urology

December 2007 – clean up of the database and post implementation activities

January 2007 – inviting the new associations to join the EU-ACME programme (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Slovakia,

Switzerland)

February 2007 – Distribution of the Credit Registry Report for 2006 to all

EU-ACME members

Future plans/activities

• Increase awareness for informing the EU-ACME office about accredited events organised by national urological societies

• Increase awareness for CME-online by reading accredited articles.

Agenda

Topics:

1. Current status EU-ACME programme

2. Arabic Urological Association

3. Cooperation with UEMS – report from the Workshop regarding CME in Brussels

4. Information regarding ESPU:- Journal of Paediatric Urology- ESPU membership card

5. Further activities / plans

6. Any other business

Current status EU-ACME programme

Information regarding the new house style- logo- letter paper- envelopes- business cards- PowerPoint template

Flowchart – CME activityRecieved

request from EUACME

office

check program of

a CME activity

Instruction registration in

DB

Fill in the DB proposed

category and number of credits

Request form

Programme schedule

sending request for

approval

Request form

Programme schedule

EBU ACC member

Approving accreditation

recieving decision for accreditation

send information

EU-ACME office

send decision regarding

accreditationEBU office

EBU office activities now taken over by the EU-ACME office (only bureaucratic work)

-15 min per activity- in 2005 – 500 activities- total work load 125 hours- equivalent to 15,63 working days