European / USA / Australian CME accreditation

****The Postgraduate Diploma of Perioperative and Critical Care Echocardiography (PGDipEcho) is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME).  The EACCME is an institution of the European union of medical specialists (UEMS), www.uems.net.  The PGDipEcho is designated for a maximum of nine European external CME credits per session.  Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.  EACCME credits are recognised by the American Medical Association towards the physicians recognition award (PRA).  To convert EACCME credits to AMA PRA category one credit, contact the AMA.

****The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists grants 50 CME credits.

****The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) grants 50 points / annum for the length of the project

****The Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (JFICM) grants 100 CME points under code 1.6, 161 (category 4)

****Royal Australaisian College of Surgeons grants 1 CME point per hour (max. 40 points) in Category 7: Other Professional Development towards 2007 CPD totals.