Continuing Education

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12 Category 1 CME Credits and Nursing Continuing Education Credit Available

Attendees of the 2008 AMIA Spring Congress may earn valuable continuing education credits by participating in sessions.

Physician Continuing Education

Attendees of the 2008 AMIA Spring Congress may earn valuable continuing medical education (CME) credits by participating in the conference. AMIA is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. AMIA designates this continuing medical education for up to 12 hours of Category 1 credit toward the American Medical Association (AMA) Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent in the educational activity.

Nursing Contact Hours

Nursing contact hours will be provided by the University of Maryland School of Nursing's Office of Professional Development. In order to earn contact hours, please sign in at the registration desk each day to receive contact hours for this conference. Please complete the evaluation provided after you attend each session. Before you leave the conference, drop the evaluation form off at the registration desk. The total number of hours for tutorials, workshops and the symposium is 12.

The University of Maryland School of Nursing's Office of Professional Development and Continuing Education is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.

Disclosure

Before the program, all faculty or individuals in a position to control content will disclose the existence of any financial interest and/or other relationships they may have with the manufacturer or manufacturers of any commercial product or products to be discussed during their presentation. This includes any honoraria/expenses, grants, consultant role, speaker's bureau membership, stock ownership, or any other special relationship. AMIA includes a disclosure list with the on-site registration materials.

Learning Objectives

The learning objectives of the 2008 AMIA Spring Congress are:

• To demonstrate and discuss issues related to the development, application, and evaluation of information technologies, personal and public health care, and research with respect to thematic tracks focusing on Clinical Research Informatics, Electronic Health Records, Personal Health Records, and Public Health Informatics.
• To provide plenary, semi-plenary, and track presentations that detail work, progress, and challenges related to the thematic tracks.
• To improve the knowledge and skill of attendees with respect to Clinical Research Informatics, Electronic Health Records, Personal Health Records, and Public Health Informatics as they relate to personal and public health care and research.
• To present research and applied methodologies and results through a poster session highlighting the thematic tracks.
• To promote information exchange among attendees.

Attendees will include:

• Biomedical and health informatics researchers and faculty
• Computer scientists and system developers
• Government officials and policy makers
• Health information and knowledge management professionals
• HIT industry professionals and consultants
• Physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and other clinicians
• Public health informaticians/practitioners, consumer advocates, and disease management specialists
• Standards developers