Allow SCMA to Accredit your Activity as CME

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South Carolina Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. As an accredited provider of Continuing Medical Education, we follow the standard policies developed by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).

• CME Physician Committee: Each activity submission will be reviewed and must be approved by our CME Physician Committee.
  
  
• Your activity must meet the AMA definition of CME: CME consists of educational activities which serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance and relationships that a physician uses to provide services for patients, the public or the profession. The content of CME is the body of knowledge and skills generally recognized and accepted by the profession as within the basic medical sciences, the discipline of clinical medicine and the provision of health care to the public. (HOD policy #300.988)

In keeping with the ACCME regulations, we have developed the following forms to assist with your activity planning and implementation.

Step 1: CME JOINT-PROVIDERSHIP APPLICATION & AGREEMENT

Please complete the CME Application Form in its entirety, save changes to your computer, and email a completed copy to Necole Stinson. Submission must be 10-12 weeks prior to the educational activity date. Once approved you will receive a CME Activity Approval Letter via email. 

2024 CME Application Form [fillable pdf]

Step 2: SCMA CME PLANNING FORM

Please complete the SCMA CME Planning form in its entirety, save changes to your computer, and email a completed copy to Necole Stinson to ensure the activity meets standards established by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). Essential areas have been established by the ACCME to assure physicians and the public that Category 1 approved CME activities meet the accepted standards of education.

2024 CME Planning Form [fillable pdf]

Step 3: RELEVANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP DISCLOSURE FORM

This form must be completed in order to participate as a person who will control the educational content of this accredited CME activity. After completing the form, save changes to your computer, and email a completed copy to Necole Stinson. We ask that you disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies that you have had over the past twenty-four (24) months.

2024 Relevant Financial Relationship Disclosure Form [fillable pdf]

 

Please contact our continuing medical education director at nstinson@scmedical.org with any questions or concerns.