CME-CPD

To receive your CME certificate:

Download the Credit Claim Form.
Indicate the number of hours you attended (credit will be verified against registration).
Send the completed form to asrameetings@asra.com.
Your certificate will be emailed to you within 1 week.

Educational objectives

After participating in this educational activity, participants should be able to:

Relate the impact of anesthesia on the environment and appraise the urgency of the problem.
Evaluate their own anesthesia practice and refine strategies towards environmental sustainability practice, both in regional anesthesia and general anesthesia.
Develop a business case to encourage their institutions to support environmental sustainability practice.
Analyze strategies that address current challenges to embrace environmental sustainability.

Target audience

The ASRA Pain Medicine CME program provides educational activities to physicians, residents, fellows, nurse practitioners, medical students, anesthesia assistants, respiratory therapists, hospital procurement personnel, and operating room managers. ASRA Pain Medicine supports an interdisciplinary and interprofessional approach to continuing education and patient care by also providing relevant education for other healthcare professionals not directly engaging in interventional regional anesthesia and/or pain medicine procedures. ASRA Pain Medicine offers learning opportunities to the national and international healthcare community.

This webinar is designed for learners in healthcare wanting to understand the impact of anesthesia on the environment, how regional anesthesia plays an integral role in reducing this impact, the current myths surrounding anesthesia, and environmental sustainability. This symposium is also suitable for those who want to enhance their skills in using sedation to complement the surgical block, minimal flow anesthesia, and ways to set up a business case for environmental sustainability at your workplace.

Accreditation and credit designation statements

Credits by Day	Maximum
Saturday, October 1, 2022	6.75
Total Credits:	6.75

Physicians
The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine designates this an internet live course for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

PAs (Physicians Assistants): AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 6.75 hours of Category 1 credit for completing this program.

Nurse Practitioners: The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. This activity has been approved for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™

Registered Nurses: Regulations dictate that only physicians may earn CME credits; however, many state Boards of Registered Nursing accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME. Attendees are responsible for confirming their specific board’s acceptance of ASRA Pain Medicine-provided credits. This activity has been approved for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™

The American Board of Anesthesiology^® MOCA^®¹

Credit Reporting to the ABA: ASRA Pain Medicine is an ABA-approved provider and, as a service to ASRA Pain Medicine members and participants, CME credits are reported to the ABA. Participants must include their correctly formatted ABA ID number (34567890) during the online evaluation and credit claim process available at the conclusion of the activity. Once the online evaluation and credit claim process is closed, certificates will be issued and credits reported to the ABA. After this time, participants may request their CME certificate by contacting asrameetings@asra.com, but ASRA Pain Medicine will no longer report credits to the ABA, which will then be the individual participant’s responsibility.

International credits

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada has agreements based on the mutual recognition of credit points with the American Medical Association for live educational events. You may submit your CME certificate directly for credit recognition of this accredited group learning activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. For more information, visit: www.royalcollege.ca

European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (UEMS-EACCME): The UEMS-EACCME has agreements based on the mutual recognition of credit points with the American Medical Association for live educational events. Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS): www.uems.net

Disclosure and mitigation of personal conflicts of interest

View all faculty disclosures. In accordance with the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence and related policies, ASRA Pain Medicine is committed to ensuring balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in its continuing medical education and continuing professional development activities. Those in control of the educational content disclose all relationships (financial or other) with any ineligible company that they have had within the past 24 months. If an individual refuses to disclose, they are disqualified from participating. Disclosure information is evaluated to determine relevance and conflicts of interest mitigated. Disclosure of all relevant financial relationships is made to participants prior to the activity. Participants are asked to evaluate the objectivity and independence. Off-label or investigational use of a therapeutic product also is disclosed.

¹ Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology™ program and MOCA^® are registered trademarks of The American Board of Anesthesiology.™

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