Accreditation Information

Target Audience
This activity is designed for cardiothoracic surgeons who are actively practicing all subspecialties within the specialty – including adult cardiac, thoracic and congenital cardiac surgery. The audience will also include trainees in this specialty. This audience spends greater than 95% of their clinical effort in caring for patients with cardiothoracic disorders.

Learning Objectives
At the completion of this activity, learners should be able to:

• Describe the recent advances in aortic surgery and approaches to cerebral protection.
• Describe the approaches to improve outcomes in coronary revascularization, with an aim of minimizing readmission and improving long term outcomes.
• Describe current trends in management of advanced lung and esophageal cancer and explain the strategies to improve outcomes.
• Discuss the recent advances in managing complex congenital heart diseases in young infants and in adults with congenital heart disease.
• Explain the various approaches to measuring quality and efforts to improve outcomes in patient care.

Activity Goal
This activity is designed to address the following core and team competencies: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Employ evidence-based practice, Utilize Informatics, and Work in Interdisciplinary Teams.

Non-Endorsement
The accredited provider verifies that sound education principles have been demonstrated in the development of this educational offering as evidenced by the review of its objectives, teaching plan, faculty, and activity evaluation process. The accredited provider does not endorse or support the actual opinions or material content as presented by the speaker(s) and/or sponsoring organization.

Disclosures
The accredited provider adheres to accreditation requirements regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of the planning committee and faculty's commercial relationships will be made known at the activity. Speakers are required to openly disclose any limitations of data and/or any discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigational uses of drugs or devices in their presentations. - All employees in control of content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Accreditation
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by CineMed and the Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society. CineMed is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

CineMed designates this live activity for a maximum of 22.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other Healthcare Professionals
All other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for activities designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, consult your professional licensing board.

Certificates
Claiming Credits will be available after the duration of the meeting. This is a one-time credit submission. Credits should be tracked at the completion of the meeting. Participants will be able to download or print a certificate once the form has been submitted.

Support
This activity is being provided independent of industry support.