Use MyCME to manage your CME credit at your convenience. With MyCME, you can view, upload, and track CME activities; electronically share CME Credits with the ABS; and reflect on and plan your future learning.
For nonmembers of the ACS who attend ACS-accredited courses.
Use MyCME to electronically share CME Credits with the ABS; view credits earned from activities offered through the ACS; view Education Credits of Excellence earned through designated ACS activities.
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) does not automatically transfer CME data to the American Board of Surgery (ABS). If you would like to electronically transmit your CME data from the ACS to the ABS, use the ACS MyCME Portal. This FREE offering is for both members and nonmembers who have enrolled in an ACS educational activity.
To send your CME data, you will need your ACS ID log-in. This will be either your membership number or the ACS ID you received when you created your ACS account at the time of purchase for the activity you registered. If you need assistance with the ACS ID, contact Log-In Help.
View our detailed instructions with screenshots.
After your CME credits are sent, you will see a confirmation page. After 24 hours, you can log into your ABS account to confirm the credits are in your ABS CME Repository.
For questions about the MyCME portal, contact mycme@facs.org. For questions regarding the ABS requirements, please contact ABS at cc@absurgery.org.
If you participate in an activity that was not accredited by the ACS, you are more than welcome to keep track of those activities inside your MyCME portal as you have done in past. However, we cannot transmit these data to the board. It is recommended the attendee contact the host of the CME activity that was accredited by an external provider to receive information for how to transmit the CME Data. The host of the CME activity may have most likely collaborated with ACCME and the applicable boards to arrange for those data to be transmitted automatically. The host for the activity will most likely know if the data will be automatically sent on your behalf from the board. So, you will not have to do anything else. If you would like additional information regarding ABS and how they will receive credits for courses not accredited by the ACS, please email cc@absurgery.org.
Attend a webinar for step-by-step visual instructions on how to send your ACS Educational Activities to the American Board of Surgery using your MyCME Portal. Register in advance for any of the following dates:
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August 20, 2024 |
12:00 pm CT |
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September 5, 2024 |
3:00 pm CT |
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September 18, 2024 |
1:00 pm CT |
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September 30, 2024 |
11:00 am CT |
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October 15, 2024 |
9:00 am CT |
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October 28, 2024 |
10:00 am CT |
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November 15, 2024 |
2:00 pm CT |
Be sure to check out our publications, events, and online courses to help satisfy your state mandates, ACS accreditation/verification requirements, and CME requirements.
The majority of licensing boards have established specific content requirements for CME Credit such as Ethics, Pain Management/Opioid Prescribing, and Patient Safety. See the current CME requirements for license renewal.
See MandatesThe ACS Division of Education has compiled a summary of the MOC/CC CME requirements for American Board of Medical Specialties and American Osteopathic Board specialties and subspecialties.
Specialty Board Requirements