CE/CME Information

Up to 27 hours of CE/CME will be provided at the 2019 AMSUS Annual Meeting

2019 AMSUS ANNUAL MEETING
Live Meeting 
December 2–6, 2019
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Oxon Hill, MD 

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Continuing Education Information
This continuing education activity is provided through collaboration between AMSUS and AffinityCE.

This activity provides continuing education credit for Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists, Psychologists, Healthcare Executives, Dentists and a statement of participation for other attendees.

At the end of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Enlist the critical importance of partnerships, care coordination, and telehealth advancement for patient-centered care.
  • Investigate how social factors, health policy, financing systems, organizational structure, processes, medical technology, and personal behaviors affect access to healthcare, the quality and cost of healthcare, and the impact on the quantity and quality of life.
  • Review the benefits of recent patient experience improvement initiatives in military hospitals
  • Identify and interpret inter-professional perspectives from multi-varied disciplines for improving medical response and care.
  • Explain women’s medical care needs and utilization patterns to improve access to patient care and improve physical and mental health.
  • Review social determinants impacting patients’ health and enhance the clinician’s ability to incorporate patient engagement into their clinical practice.
  • Initiate Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Active Duty Service Members (ASDM)/Veterans with Opioid Use Disorders (OUD).
  • Describe some of the broad factors affecting oral health.

Disclosures

AffinityCE staff, AMSUS staff, and planning and review committees have no relevant financial or nonfinancial interests to disclose.

Faculty disclosure information is available at amsus.org/events/annual–meeting.

Physicians

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of AffinityCE and AMSUS. AffinityCE is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AffinityCE designates this live CME activity for a maximum of 27 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physician Assistants

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of AffinityCE and AMSUS. AffinityCE is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AffinityCE designates this live CME activity for a maximum of 27 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physician Assistants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses

Continuing Nursing Education is provided for this program through the joint providership between AMSUS and AffinityCE. AffinityCE is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing

Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC). This activity provides a maximum of 27 contact hours of continuing nursing education credit.

Nurse Practitioners

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation standards of the

American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) through the joint providership of AffinityCE and AMSUS. AffinityCE is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider number: 031105. This activity provides up to 27 hours of CE Credit.

Pharmacists

AffinityCE is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This knowledge-based activity will provide up to 27 contact hours continuing pharmacy education. UANs are provided for each session. Participant CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE

Monitor. The cost to participate in these CE sessions is included in the registration cost for the meeting.

Psychologists

AffinityCE is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. AffinityCE maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

This activity provides up to 27 hours of CE Credit. The instructional level of this activity is intermediate. The cost to participate in these CE sessions is included in the registration cost for the meeting.

Health Care Executives

AffinityCE is authorized to award up to 27 hours of pre-approved American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Qualified Education credit (non-ACHE) for this program toward advancement or recertification in the ACHE. Participants in this program wishing to have the continuing education hours applied toward ACHE Qualified Education credit should indicate their attendance when submitting an application to the ACHE for advancement or recertification.

Other Professionals

All other health care professionals completing this continuing education activity will be issued a Statement of Participation indicating the number of hours of continuing education credit. This may be used for professional education CE credit. Please consult your accrediting organization or licensing board for their acceptance of this CE activity.

Commercial Support

No commercial support was provided for this activity.

Participation Costs

The cost to participate in these CE sessions is included in the registration cost for the meeting.

CME Inquiries

For all CME policy-related inquiries, please contact us at ce@affinityced.com. Send customer support requests to cds_support+amsus@affinityced.com.

Additional Information

Additional Information about this activity can be found at:

amsus.org/events/annual–meeting

How to Earn CE Credit 2019 AMSUS Annual Meeting

  1. Link for Web site:  https://amsus.cds.pesgce.com/hub.php
  2. Select the activity: 2019 AMSUS Annual Meeting
  3. Enter an e-mail address and password to begin setting up your profile. Select “I Forgot My Password” if you need to reset the password you set up.
  4. Verify, correct, or add your information.
  5. Proceed and complete the activity evaluation for each session you attend.
  6. Upon completing your evaluations, you can download your CE certificate. Your CE record will also be stored here for later retrieval.
  7. Please note that you must also complete the Overall Meeting Evaluation Form before you can print your CE certificate.
  8. The Web site is open for completing your evaluation until January 07, 2020 9. Pharmacist CE records will be electronically communicated to CPE Monitor.
  9. After the Web site has closed, you can come back to the site at any time to print your certificate, but you will not be able to add any evaluations.

Please send any customer service requests to cds_support+amsus@affinityced.com

Please consult the final event program for CME/CE specifics at the Annual Meeting 2-6 December 2019