CME Credit Information

Accreditation

Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
2020 Annual Course in Advanced Gynecologic Surgery
Live Virtual: December 3 – 5, 2020
Enduring: 60 days post activity, expires February 5, 2021

Satisfactory Completion

Learners must complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. Your chosen sessions must be attended in their entirety. Partial credit of individual sessions is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.

How to Get Your Certificate

  1. Go to http://sgs.cmecertificateonline.com
  2. Click on the “2020 Annual Course in Advanced Gynecological Surgery” link.
  3. Evaluate the meeting.
  4. Print all pages of your certificate for your records.

Questions? Email Certificate@AmedcoEmail.com

Physicians (ACCME)

Amedco LLC designates this live / enduring activity for a maximum of 23.50 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Society of Gynecologic Surgeons (SGS). Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Objectives – After Attending This Program You Should Be Able To

  1. Formulate and practice techniques to optimize minimally invasive approach to hysterectomy including trans-vaginal hysterectomy.
  2. Identify and discuss the surgical anatomy of the pelvis as it relates to gynecologic surgery, as well as the biomechanics of pelvic support and continence.
  3. Formulate clinical algorithms in diagnosis and treatment management of patients with stress urinary incontinence.
  4. Describe indications and set up for office hysteroscopy and understand how to apply the “no touch” vaginoscopic technique.
  5. Assimilate new techniques for teaching gynecologic surgery including surgical coaching principles.  

Acknowledgement of Financial Commercial Support

CooperSurgical
Medtronic
Olympus
Coloplast

Acknowledgement of Financial Commercial Support

No in-kind commercial support was received for this educational activity.

Disclosure of Conflict of Interest

The following table of disclosure information is provided to learners and contains the relevant financial relationships that each individual in a position to control the content disclosed to Amedco.  All of these relationships were treated as a conflict of interest, and have been resolved.  (C7 SCS 6.1-­‐6.2, 6.5)

All individuals in a position to control the content of CE are listed in the agenda. If their name is not listed below, they disclosed that they had no financial relationships with a commercial interest.

First Name Last Name Commercial Interest: Relationship
Sawsan As-Sanie Abbvie, Myovant Sciences, Bayer, Merck
John Gebhart UroCure: Advisory Board
Miles Murphy Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson
Peter Rosenblatt Consultant: Hologic, Boston Scientific, Coloplast, Medtronic, Tepha, CooperSurgical;
Legal defense expert: CR Bard, Boston Scientific, Johnson & Johnson
Mark Walters Web Editor: IAPS, Foundation for Female Health Awareness
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MOCIV

The ABOG MOC standards now allow participation in ABOG-approved Simulation Courses to meet the annual Improvement in Medical Practice (Part IV) MOC requirement.  The optional hands-on suturing workshop has been approved to meet ABOG Improvement in Medical Practice requirements. Please review the current MOC Bulletin for further information: https://www.abog.org/about-abog/bulletins