The American College of Surgeons offers many opportunities to help you fulfill your Continuing Medical Education (CME) requirements. Make sure to view our publications, events, and online courses to help satisfy your state mandates, ACS accreditation/verification requirements, and CME requirements.

ACS Offerings

Use the ACS Education and Training LMS to search for ACS online educational resources by topic, format, or credit type.

Selected Readings in General Surgery (SRGS^®) scours peer-reviewed medical journals for the most relevant evidence-based content and offers up to 80 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and Self-Assessment Credits annually/10 per issue.

Surgical Education and Self-Assessment Program (SESAP^®) is a premier educational resource for practicing surgeons. Participants can earn up to 109 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and Self-Assessment Credits.

Optimizing Perioperative Pain Management is an eight-module online course addresses pain management, safe prescribing guidelines, and addition and misuse. Participants can earn up to 8 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and Self-Assessment Credits.

ACS Case Reviews in Surgery is a unique, peer-reviewed, open access, online-only case report journal published six times a year. The annual CME subscription offers up to 24 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and Self-Assessment Credits (4 credits per issue).