Abstract
Get CME credit for reading articles in Vascular Medicine
Through a partnership with the University of Virginia, SVM offers up to two CME credits in every issue of Vascular Medicine. One hour of AMA category 1 CME credit is available for each designated article. As of 1 December 2017, there are 6 CME credits available.1–6 New CME articles are added to the website every other month, when a new issue of Vascular Medicine is published (six issues per year).
For members of SVM, the CME credit is free. For doctorate and fellow members of SVM, the article is also free. If you do not have free journal access through SVM or your own institution, the articles can be purchased through the journal’s website (http://journals.sagepub.com/topic/collections/vmj-1-cme_review_articles/vmj).
After reading the article, participants can take the quiz and obtain CME credit through the SVM website. Follow these steps to earn credit:
Go to vascularmed.org/VMJ-CME.
You will need to register for the activity and wait for email confirmation. While you wait, download and read the article. Of note, confirmation of registration may require 1–2 business days to complete.
Check your email for registration confirmation and access to the Express Evaluations portal.
Access the portal and complete a short quiz about the article. You must answer four out of five questions correctly to obtain credit.
Save and print your certificate.
Dr Aditya Sharma, Medical Director of vascular medicine at the University of Virginia, is the CME Editor. He has worked with Dr Gornik and the editorial office to commission a series of review articles for the ‘Core Curriculum in Vascular Medicine’. The topics are designed to cover material presented on the ABVM (American Board of Vascular Medicine) examination. Each article will provide a comprehensive yet concise review of a key topic and include a ‘things to remember’ summary table or figure. The first Core Curriculum CME articles will be published in 2018.
According to Dr. Sharma, ‘The Core Curriculum will include key relevant topics in vascular medicine including preoperative evaluation and perioperative management in patients undergoing major vascular surgery; evaluation and management of lymphedema, lipedema, and venous disease; hypercoagulable states in arterial and venous thrombosis: when, how, and who do I test; and intracranial aneurysms, to name a few. These topics will be authored by vascular experts in the particular topics and will provide a comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of these conditions encountered frequently in clinical vascular practice. In addition to this, there is an opportunity to obtain valuable CME credits.’