The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American College of Surgeons designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 109 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Of the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ listed above, a maximum of 109 credits meet the requirements for Self-Assessment.
Of the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ listed above, a maximum of 3 hours meet the requirements for Ethics.*
Of the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ listed above, a maximum of 8 hours meet the requirements for Surgical Critical Care.*
Of the AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ listed above, a maximum of 9 hours meet the requirements for Trauma.*
*The content of this activity may meet certain mandates of regulatory bodies. Please note that the ACS has not and does not verify the content for such mandates with any regulatory body. Individual physicians are responsible for verifying the content satisfies such requirements.
SESAP® 17 is intended for general surgeons. Upon completion of SESAP 17, participants should be able to:
To earn continuing medical education (CME) credit, participants must use the SESAP 17 CME Web version, which includes 650 questions across 13 categories. CME credit can be claimed by category, or all categories can be completed to earn 109 CME credits. Credits assigned to each category are as follows:
Category |
Number of Credits |
---|---|
Abdomen
|
17
|
Alimentary Tract
|
20
|
Breast
|
8
|
Endocrine
|
4
|
Head and Neck
|
3
|
Legal/Ethics
|
3
|
Oncology
|
3
|
Perioperative Care
|
20
|
Problems in Related Specialties
|
6
|
Skin/Soft Tissue
|
4
|
Surgical Critical Care
|
8
|
Trauma
|
9
|
Vascular Surgery
|
4
|
Participants enrolled for CME credit will be asked to read each question, select an answer, and review the corresponding critique and preferred answer. Participants will test their mastery of the content just learned by answering the same questions in a scrambled fashion and must achieve a cumulative score of 80 percent. If the score is less than 80 percent, the learner will be asked to review only the questions answered incorrectly and answer those questions again until a cumulative score of 80 percent is achieved. If a score of 80 percent correct is not achieved after the third round, the learner will be asked to start the entire section over again.
If a category has multiple parts, each part must be completed with a score of 80 percent to claim credit for the entire category. After achieving a score of 80 percent for each category, participants will be asked to complete an evaluation form and submit data to the American College of Surgeons (ACS) using the Internet. Upon successful submission, a CME certificate will be available to print. SESAP 17 is certified for credit through October 2022.
In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the ACS must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and authors) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest, as defined as follows:
The ACCME also requires that the ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.
John A. Weigelt, MD, DVM, FACS, Chair (Nothing to disclose)
Jeffrey G. Chipman, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Jason B. Fleming, MD, FACS (Advisor—BioPath Holdings, Glycosible Food Sciences, Panther Therapeutics; Consultant—Medical Device Business Service)
Lorrie A. Langdale, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Lena M. Napolitano, MD, FACS, FCCP, MCCM (Nothing to disclose)
John T. Vetto, MD, FACS (Spouse’s employer—Genentech, Inc.; Honorarium—Castle Biotech)
John A. Weigelt, MD, DVM, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
David A. Bull, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Clay Cothren Burlew, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Jeremy W. Cannon, MD, SM, FACS (Author–Up to Date, Inc.; Prytime Medical)
Jeffrey G. Chipman, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Sean Dineen, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Jay J. Doucet, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, RDMS (Nothing to disclose)
Dan Eisenberg, MD, MS, FACS, FASMBS (Nothing to disclose)
Jason B. Fleming, MD, FACS (Advisor—BioPath Holdings, Glycosible Food Sciences, Panther
Therapeutics; Consultant—Medical Device Business Service)
Charles M. Friel, MD, FACS, FASCRS (Nothing to disclose)
Lorrie A. Langdale, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Arpana Naik, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Lena M. Napolitano, MD, FACS, FCCP, MCCM (Nothing to disclose)
Julie Ottosen, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Sharla Gayle Patterson, MD, MBA(HOM), FACS (Speaker—Invuity, Inc. Course co-chair
American Society of Breast Surgeons; Advisory board—Agendia
Walter E. Pofahl II, MD, FACS (Stockholder—TransEnterix, Medtronic; Premier; Mayne
Pharmaceutical; Titan Medicine)
Jennifer Rosen, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Shayna L. Showalter, MD, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Deborah Stein, MD, MPH, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
John T. Vetto, MD, FACS (Spouse’s employer—Genentech, Inc.; Honorarium—Castle Biotech)
Tracy S. Wang, MD, MPH, FACS (Nothing to disclose)
Ajit K. Sachdeva, MD, FACS, FRCSC, FSACME (Nothing to disclose)
Patrice Gabler Blair, MPH (Nothing to disclose)
Julia C. Dudek, MPH (Nothing to disclose)
Chrysa M. Cullather, MS (Nothing to disclose)
Katherine M. Greenock, MS (Nothing to disclose)
Education Credits of Excellence are entirely optional and are designed to encourage further learning and to challenge surgeons who want to pursue a higher level of recognition. For each SESAP category, surgeons who achieve a score of 100% on the first attempt of the CME Test will be recognized with Education Credits of Excellence for that category. Surgeons are able and encouraged to study the items in the self-assessment portion as much as they wish prior to taking the CME test. Those surgeons who achieve 100 percent on the first attempt of the CME test for a category (or each part for categories with multiple parts) will receive a certificate for Education Credits of Excellence for that category. Education Credits of Excellence are being offered by the ACS Division of Education, as supported by the ACS Board of Regents. Certificates for Education Credits of Excellence may be accessed in the SESAP 17 web program.
Through an agreement between the American College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, MOC Program participants may record completed self-assessment programs or simulation activities developed and accredited by the American College of Surgeons in Section 3 of the Royal College's MOC Program.