AMA Credit Designation Statement: The Lowell General Hospital designates this Live and/or Enduring Activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and 1.00 Maintenance of Certificate Credit. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation and Credit Information: The Lowell General Hospital is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society to provide Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Programs (ACCME) continuing medical education for physicians.
Disclosure Statement: This activity has been reviewed/approved by members of the LGH Medical Education Committee in accordance with LGH policies. The LGH Medical Education Committee member(s), planner(s), reviewer(s), speaker(s) and all others responsible for content do not have any relevant financial relationships for this program to disclose.
Maintenance of Certification and Life Long Learning Disclosure: Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME): This activity has been registered with boards listed below to offer Maintenance of Certification credit.
ABA: “This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of
Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in AnesthesiologyTM (MOCA®) program, known as MOCA 2.0®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.”
ABIM: “Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to [MOC point amount] MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.”
ABS: “Successful completion of this CME activity [, which includes participation in the evaluation component], enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME [and Self Assessment] requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit."
ABPath: ABPath does not have a formal statement, however accredited providers must clearly indicate to learners that the activity has been registered to offer credit in the American Board of Pathology’s Continuing Certification program on activity materials. This language must include the specific credit type(s) and number of credits available: Lifelong Learning (CME) and/or Improvement in Health and Healthcare (Part IV).
ABP: “Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to [XX] MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.”
American Board of Medical Specialties Disclosure: Through the American Board of Medical Specialties (“ABMS”) ongoing commitment to increase access to practice relevant Continuing Certification Activities through the ABMS Continuing Certification Directory, this activity has met the requirements as Maintenance
of Certification (MOC) - Lifelong Learning CME Activity (apply toward general CME requirement) for the following ABMS Member Boards: Allergy and Immunology; Anesthesiology; Colon and Rectal Surgery; Family Medicine; Medical Genetics and Genomics; Nuclear Medicine; Ophthalmology; Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Plastic Surgery; Preventive Medicine; Psychiatry and Neurology; Radiology; Thoracic Surgery; Urology.