Credit Claiming Information

Continuing Education Credit Information

The American College of Surgeons is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider Number #CEP17134, to award this activity for a maximum of 16.00 contact hours.

How to Claim Credit

To receive CME credit for participating in the Preference Card Optimization Campaign:

1. Complete the pre-campaign survey when it becomes available.
2. Participate in the campaign and complete the required educational activities.
3. Complete the post-campaign survey at the end of the campaign.

Once both surveys have been completed, participant information will be submitted to the ACS CME team. After processing, your CME certificate will be available in MyCME. No additional application is required.

All required campaign activities and credit-claiming information must be submitted by September 30, 2027, at 11:59 pm CT.

Credit cannot be awarded if the required pre- and post-campaign surveys are not completed by the deadline.

Additional CME Information

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program.

Diplomates of the American Board of Surgery

By participating in an ACS-accredited activity, you may choose to participate in the automatic transfer of your CME credits to the ABS via the ACCME if you are a Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery (ABS). This is a free service.

Opt in to Automatically Send your CME Data to the ABS

The direct automatic transfer applies to all learners who have an ACS profile, are Diplomates of the ABS, and have provided their ABS ID and date of birth in the ACS MyCME Portal on the Board Certification page.

Step-by-Step Instructions to Access MyCME and Opt in to Transmit Your CME Data

1. Log in to your MyCME Portal
2. Select the Board Certification tab
3. Enter the American Board of Surgery
4. Enter your ABS ID
5. Enter your Day and Month of birth
6. Next go to the Send CME Data tab
7. Toggle to Opt In (green) “Yes! I choose to opt in and permit the ACS to automatically transfer all my ACS-accredited CME data to my chosen specialty board earned March 1, 2021, and forward.” 

Please note if you have previously successfully transmitted your ACS-accredited CME credits to the ABS via ACCME, then you can skip steps 2-6, and go directly to the Send CME Data tab, and Toggle to Opt In (green).

Once you have opted to automatically transfer your CME credits to the ABS, please allow 24 hours for the credit to appear in your ABS CME Repository.

You may opt out at any time.

Setting Up an ACS Account

For nonmembers of the ACS who attend ACS-accredited courses, you can use MyCME to view credits earned from activities offered through the ACS. 

If you do not already have an ACS profile (Learner ID), you can create one through the ACS New User Registration Form. This is a free offering for those who have enrolled in an ACS-accredited educational activity. The ACS ID will grant you access to MyCME where you can track and manage your CME credits and Continuing Education Contact Hours.

If you need assistance with creating an ACS Learner ID or are not certain if you already have one, please visit our Contact Us page. 

For more information or to request assistance, contact mycme@facs.org. 

Preference Card Optimization Campaign Objectives

• Identify how inaccurate or outdated preference cards contribute to unnecessary supply use, operating room inefficiency, waste, and increased cost.
• Describe the role of surgeons and perioperative teams in maintaining accurate, clinically appropriate, and up-to-date preference cards.
• Analyze preference card content to distinguish routinely necessary supplies from unused, unnecessary, or rarely needed items.
• Apply a structured quality improvement approach to preference card review, standardization, and optimization.
• Evaluate the potential impact of preference card optimization on supply utilization, operating room efficiency, cost reduction, waste reduction, and sustainability.

Disclosure Information

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.

• Ineligible Company: The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition.
• Financial Relationships: Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options, or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected. 
• Conflict of Interest: Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.

The ACCME also requires that 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.

The following individuals have disclosed relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. All relevant financial relationships have been reviewed and mitigated in accordance with ACCME requirements prior to the start of this activity.

• Elizabeth Yates, MD, (no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose).
• Benjamin Miller, MD (Boston Scientific, speaking fee; Medtronic, consulting fee; BG Medical, speaking fee). All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
• Clifford Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, FACS, (no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose).
• Neelima Tummala, MD, MSc, (no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose).
• Husein Moloo, MD, MSc, MPH, (no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose).
• Emmanuel Gabriel, MD, PhD, (no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose).
• Mehul Raval, MD, (no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose).
• Colleen Fitzpatrick, MD, (no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose).
• Adriana Cordova, MPA, (no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose).
• Rachel Reardon, (no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose).
• Kristin Rahman, MSN, RN, CPHQ, (no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose).