Life Long Learning and Self Assessment MOC Part 2

Continuing Medical Education 50 CME hours annually Minimum of 30 of these hours must be category 1CME annually Minimum of 1/3 rd must be self assessment This is averaged over 3 years 50 hours minimum self assessment in 3 year cycle MOC year will run July 1 – June 30

Vascular Surgery Certification Minimum of 50% of total CME must be in Vascular Surgery Minimum 25 hours annually in vascular Essentially one vascular meeting a year would fulfill the vascular CME requirement 100% of self assessment CME must be in vascular surgery

Vascular CME examples SVS Annual meeting Affiliated societies annual meetings SCVS PVSS Regional vascular societies American Venous Forum ISES

Vascular CME VEITH, VIVA, ISET, TCT Vascular ultrasound meetings Wound care meetings ACS Clinical Congress vascular sessions SVS courses Carotid, Lower extremity, thoracic Practice management, coding, billing

Vascular CME Documentation Purely vascular meeting will require only CME certificate Partially vascular meeting such as ACS Clinical Congress, will require notation of sessions attended as well as the CME certificate

Self Assessment CME Vascular Surgery Self Assessment Program: VSAP Will be available summer questions CME credit value yet to be determined Revised and republished every three years

Vascular Self Evaluation Program: VSEP 400 questions Max 60 hrs CME SESAP also satisfies self assessment requirement 650 questions Max 65 hrs CME Only a portion is considered vascular specific Self Assessment CME

Journal of Vascular Surgery CME  Monthly CME exercise Single test covering 4 selected articles Total of 8 questions, 2 questions per article for 2 CME credits All questions must be answered correctly to obtain CME credit but the test may be repeated New articles chosen each month for CME purposes Existing tests remain on the system for 2 years Up to 24 CME credits can be obtained each year