CME and MOC Credit

2023 CME Statement

The 2023 Crohn’s & Colitis Congress has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute and the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. The AGA Institute is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The AGA Institute designates this live activity for a maximum of 17.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Continuing Education, all faculty and planning partners must disclose all financial relationship(s) or other relationship(s) with ineligible companies held within the past 24 months. The AGA Institute implements a mechanism to identify and resolve all relevant financial relationships prior to delivering the educational activity to learners

Learning Objectives

At the close of the 2023 Congress, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify the strengths and limitations of emerging and novel IBD therapeutic options based on the latest evidence and best practices.
  2. Explain current and emerging innovations for disease monitoring and management of IBD.
  3. Discuss how technology advances are changing the landscape of clinical practice.
  4. Describe the optimal surgical management of a patient presenting with complicated terminal ileal disease.
  5. Recognize the role of nutrition and dietary management in IBD.
  6. Assess the role of behavioral and lifestyle therapies as factors in the management of IBD.
  1. Incorporate knowledge gained toward a multi-disciplinary dialogue and coordinated IBD management.

ABIM and ABP MOC

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to: 17.0 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program; and 17.0 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) 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 or ABP MOC credit.

Financial Disclosure

All faculty and planning partners must disclose all financial relationships or other relationships with ineligible companies held within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.  The AGA Institute implements a mechanism to identify and mitigate all relevant financial relationships prior to delivering the educational activity to learners. Financial relationships are relevant if the following three conditions are met for the prospective person who will control content of the education: 

  • A financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company.  
  • The financial relationship existed during the past 24 months.  
  • The content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. 

 

View the 2023 Congress financial disclosure index.

Claiming CME

After March 8, in person attendees will automatically receive 10.5 CME credits.

To obtain your certificate: 

  • Visit agau.gastro.org and sign in using the email address associated with your AGA account.
    • Don’t have an AGA account? Sign in at agau.gastro.org and select “Don’t remember your password?” and create a new password using the email address for your Congress registration.
  • Select “My Credits”.
  • Download and print your certificate from this page.

Additional CME credits will be awarded as follows if you attended 1 or more of the following Opening Breakout Sessions:

 

IBD A to Z

6.5

Impacting Pediatric Care: Advances in Treatment

3.5

Improving Outcomes: Tools for the APP

3.75

It Takes a Village, Part 1: Pathways and the Environment

3.5

Lloyd Mayer, MD, Young Investigators Session: Entrepreneurship and Leadership

3.75

For questions related to CME, email education@gastro.org.

Claiming MOC

After March 8, in person attendees will be given access to a question module that you must complete in order to claim up to 17 MOC points.

  • All Crohn’s & Colitis Congress attendees will receive an email from AGA giving them access to the module.
  • Emails will be sent to the email address associated with your AGA account.
  • If you do not have an email address on file with AGA, the message will be sent to the email address used for registration to Crohn’s & Colitis Congress.
  • You will need your six-digit ABIM Diplomate number to complete the module.
  • Please note that MOC is only available for the general sessions.
  • Email education@gastro.org if you have any questions on accessing your AGA profile or if you do not receive the MOC module email by March 8.

Certificates of Attendance

Contact education@gastro.org to request a certificate of attendance.