Accreditations

1) 15 RANZCR CPD points can be claimed for attendance at the 7th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Conference that will be held in Sydney on November 30th and December 1st, 2018.

CPD points will be awarded as follow:

  • 8.5 points may be claimed for attendance at the “7th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Conference” to be held on 30/11/2018
  • 6.5 points may be claimed for attendance at the “7th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Conference” to be held on 01/12/2018

A total of 15 points may be claimed for attendance at the “7th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Conference” to be held on 30th Nov - 1st Dec 2018.

For anyone who attends only part of this session, points may be claimed pro rata at 1 point per hour per lecture

2) 17 RACS CPD points can be claimed for participation in the Conference.

The IOF-Regional 7th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Conference has been approved in the RACS CPD Program. Fellows who participate can claim one point per hour in Maintenance of Knowledge and Skills.

In order to receive the points, RACS Fellows must register their RACS ID during the event at the Accreditation Point in the exhibition area.

3) CME

The IOF-Regional 7th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Conference, Sydney, Australia, 29/11/2018- 01/12/2018 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 14 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.

Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.