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About EACCME – UEMS Conference on CME-CPD
Every two year the UEMS-EACCME® holds a Conference on CME-CPD in Europe. This conference is the opportunity for all stakeholders in the field of accreditation (organisers of CPD-CME events, reviewers, accreditors…) to meet and discuss recent EACCME® developments.
Brussels 2024
The UEMS held its Sixth UEMS Conference on CME-CPD on 8-9th March 2024 in Brussels.
The theme of this two-day conference was EACCME 3.0: The Next Frontier - A Pan-European CME-CPD Partnership.
Presentations Day 1 - 8 March 2024:
EACCME 3.0 in numbers
Plenary 1 – Industry support. Grey areas and how to deal with them
- Dr E. Thalmann (Consultancy)
Plenary 2 – Bias. How to minimize its effect on your CME programme
- Prof. P. Cras (Section Neurology)
Plenary 3 – CBME: How to apply it to CME programmes
- Prof. M. Brodmann Maeder (SIWF)
Plenary 4 - EDI, Ethics and Green Practice: How to apply it to CME programmes
Patient-Centered Education: Transforming CME/CPD in Europe
- Ms Amy Bernard, VP, Global Accreditations and Compliance, WebMD Global, Medscape, LLC
Microbiota CME program: a pan-European success story
- Ms Daniela Clape, Ms Alicia Giménez, Xpeer Medical Education
Advancing Interdisciplinary Geriatric Education: Trinity College Dublin's ECTS-Accredited Online Frailty Education Programme in the Pan-European CME-CPD Landscape
ESC Core Curriculum: a pan-European CME-CPD partnership
Cultivating Competence by Shared Design for Healthcare Proficiency: a Leap from Checklists into an Accreditation Culture
Presentations Day 2 - 9 March 2024:
EACCME 3.0 – The view of NAAs
- Dr A. Gual and Dr R. Arroyo (Spain)
- Prof. A. Girbes (Netherlands)
EACCME 3.0 – The view of External Partners
EACCME 3.0 – The view of Providers
- Prof. L. Gonçalves (BioMed All.)
- Ms J. Mayer (AC Forum)
Previous editions of the UEMS Conference on CME-CPD
Sevilla 2022
The UEMS held its Fifth UEMS Conference on CME-CPD, renamed "The Dr. Cees Leibbrandt EACCME Conference", on 11-12th March 2022 in Seville.
The theme of this two-day conference was New EACCME 2.1: Answering the Challenges of the Future.
Presentation Day 1 - (11-03-2022):
Methodology of analysis of EACCME data
Needs of participants/ Engaging participants/ Tailored learning
Presentation Day 2 - (12-03-2022):
Presentation of EACCME 2.1
Fully Virtual 2021
The Virtual UEMS Conference on CME-CPD in Europe “EACCME: Facing the COVID challenge and beyond” took place on 12 March 2021.
Measures taken by the EACCME in 2020 to face the COVID challenge
Physical event (postponement, live streaming, reduced deadline, refund)
Webinar (COVID Webinar, live webinar package, monitoring of participants)
Involvement and acknowledgement of industry
Accreditation of recordings of live educational events
How do Providers see the future ?
Prof. David Vodušek/Mr Michel Ballieu, BioMed Alliance
Prof. Giuseppe Curigliano, European Cancer Organisation
Prof. Lino Goncalves, European Society of Cardiology
Brussels 2018
The fourth UEMS Conference on CME-CPD in Europe took place on Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th November 2018 in Brussels at the:
Crowne Plaza Brussels - Le Palace
Rue Gineste 3
1210 Brussels
For the conference programme, click here.
Amsterdam 2016
The third edition of the UEMS Conference was organised in Amsterdam on 18th November 2016. EACCME® 2.0 was the central theme of the Conference which was well attended.
To view the programme of the conference, please click here.
Presentations made during the conference are available below:
Pictures of the conference are available below:
https://www.uems.eu/media-and-library/gallery/3rd-uems-conference-on-cme-cpd-12-nov-2016-amsterdam
Brussels 2014
The second Conference was held in Brussels on 28th February 2014. The main purpose of this conference was to receive feedback from providers on the implementation of the new criteria for the accreditation of live educational events (UEMS 2012/30).
To view the programme of the conference, please click here.
Pictures of the conference are available below:
Brussels 2011
The first Conference took place in Brussels on 18th November 2011 and was entitled “The accreditation of CME-CPD in Europe – Contributing to higher standards in medical care”.
To view the programme of the conference, please click here.
Pictures of the conference are available below:
https://www.uems.eu/media-and-library/gallery/uems-conference-on-cme-brussels,-18-november-2011