CME/CE Credit

Accreditation

The American College of Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

The American College of Surgeons designates this Other activity of the 2026 TQIP Annual Conference for a maximum of 37.50 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 37.50 hours meet the requirements for Trauma.*

The content of this activity may meet certain mandates of regulatory bodies. Please note that 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.

Continuing Education Credit Information

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
The American College of Surgeons is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing Provider Number #CEP17399, to award this activity for a maximum of 37.50 contact hours.

CME Credit

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME 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

Log in to your MyCME Portal
Select the Board Certification tab
Enter the American Board of Surgery
Enter your ABS ID
Enter your Day and Month of birth
Go to the Send CME Data tab
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 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 after transferring your CME credits before you log into your ABS account to confirm the credits are in your ABS CME Repository.

You may opt out at any time.

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

CE Credit

The 2026 TQIP Annual Conference through the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 17399, for a maximum of 37.50 Contact Hours.

CME/CE Credit Claiming

In-person attendees are eligible to claim CME/CE Credits or a Certificate of Completion, as applicable, for sessions they attend during the three-day conference (November 13–15, 2026). When on-demand content is released in January 2027, in-person attendees will be able to claim additional credit for recorded sessions they did not see live.

On-demand attendees are eligible to claim CME/CE Credits or a Certificate of Completion for sessions they view on-demand, available in January 2027.

ALL ATTENDEES MUST COMPLETE THE EVALUATION AND CLAIMING PROCESS to claim CME or CE Credit and download/print a certificate. The claiming process will include completion of an evaluation for each session you wish to claim credit for, as well as completion of the Overall Evaluation.

The deadline to claim Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing Education (CE) credit is April 15, 2027.

Program Objectives

By the conclusion of the TQIP Annual Conference, participants should be able to:

Interpret and utilize TQIP reports to influence institutional review and subsequent action.
Explain the importance of quality data capture and validation and how it relates to valid outcomes.
Evaluate current institutional practices and procedures as compared to those at other successful trauma centers.