CME Credit Information

38^th EAST Annual Scientific Assembly (January 15-17, 2025) CME Credit - Claim by Feb 28, 2025

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by CineMed and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma. 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 for a maximum of 21 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 Credits™, consult your professional licensing board.

Conflict of Interest and Disclosure Information.

Using the Online System - It's as Easy as 1-2-3

The online portal to claim CME Credit for the 38th EAST Annual Scientific Assembly is CLOSED; the deadline to complete the evaluation and claim CME credit was February 28, 2025. Scroll down on this page for more information on CME credit for past Annual Scientific Assemblies. Please contact EAST at managementoffice@east.org for assistance. 

1. Login in to the EAST Annual Scientific Assembly Online Evaluation System - You must have completed the online evaluation by February 28, 2025 to be eligible to receive CME Credit. 

2. Claim credit per day

3. Retrieving your certificate - very important

• IMPORTANT: If you wish to have your CME submitted to ABS, you must enter your ABS information via the Submit My Info for ABS button BEFORE you click on the certificate button. 
• After you have completed the necessary evaluations and the Overall Evaluation, the Certificate button will be enabled.
• Click on the Certificate button.
• Click on Create Certificate - the system will create the appropriate certificate(s) and give you the option to download it to your computer or email it to yourself*. 
• You must take a certificate for your credits to be posted
  

American Board of Surgery (ABS) Reporting - Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit. Specific demographic information to include DOB (MM/DD), License #, State Issuing License, and ABS ID # are needed to submit your CME information to ABS.  If you wish to have your CME information submitted to ABS, complete the information requested via the Submit My Info for ABS button within the Online Evaluation System. EAST will submit information to ABS through our CME Partner, Cine-Med, AFTER the February 28, 2025 deadline to complete the evaluation and claim credit. 

CME Questions? Please email managementoffice@east.org.

*You will need Adobe Reader in order to view your certificate. If you do not have access to a printer at the time you are completing the evaluation, you can email it to yourself or download it at any time by logging back in and clicking Certificate.

CNE Credit

Society of Trauma Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.  

CNE Statement

Complete CNE Evaluation to claim credit

To claim CNE you must have completed the online evaluation form to receive the CNE certificate by email.   Please contact pallen@traumanurses.org for additional information and/or to obtain CNE certificate. 

CME Information for Past Annual Scientific Assemblies

For the 28th (2015), 29th (2016), 30th (2017), 31st (2018), 32nd (2019), 33rd (2020) , 34th (2021), 35th (2022),  37th (2024) and 38th (2025) EAST Annual Scientific Assemblies - follow the instructions below.

1. Login in to the EAST Annual Scientific Assembly Online Evaluation System
2. Claim credit per day
3. Retrieving your certificate - very important

• After you have completed the necessary evaluations and the Overall Evaluation, the Certificate button will be enabled.
• Click on the Certificate button.
• Click on Create Certificate - the system will create the appropriate certificate(s) and give you the option to download it to your computer or email it to yourself*. 
• You must take a certificate for your credits to be posted

For the 36th (2023) EAST Annual Scientific Assembly (January 17-21, 2023). Click here for more information. CME statement.