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Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credits


2023


Welcome to the ATS 2023 International Conference. Please review the statements below for information on accreditation, credit designation, disclosure as well as our policies on copyright and privacy.

The ATS International Conference is a six-day conference with over 200 hours of CME content, a robust offering of MOC designated sessions, pre-conference practical skills courses, non-accredited continuing education and industry symposia.  The conference aims to provide physicians, researchers and advanced practice professionals with a forum to explore the ATS foundational conference topics of asthma, lung cancer, pulmonary infections, pulmonary diseases, etc.- not just as disease states but as challenges to public health.

This year’s overarching basic science theme for the ATS 2023 International Conference is Mechanisms That Integrate Responses to Environmental Exposures
Overall Conference CME Objectives:

  • Describe the recommendations included within the latest guidelines produced by the American Thoracic Society and presented at ATS 2023
  • Develop treatment strategies that incorporate the latest recommendations for the treatment of Asthma, COPD, Lung Cancer and prevalent respiratory diseases into practice.
  • Collaborate with fellow participants on pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine research and advocacy initiatives. 
  • Incorporate lessons learned from early career professional and mentoring activities at the conference into their practice within academic medical settings.

Accreditation Statement
The American Thoracic Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation Statement
The American Thoracic Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 33.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Criteria for Success for CME and MOC Designated Activities:
CME Certificates of credit/attendance will be awarded based on the participant attending the activity, completing and submitting an evaluation and attesting to the credits earned. A CME certificate will be available upon successful completion of all three components. For MOC points, participants attend the session(s), complete the corresponding evaluation and pass the post-test for the activity with a passing score. The link to the evaluation, posttest and certificate will be provided closer to the date of the conference.

Conference Disclosure Summary:
A full disclosure summary of planners and presenters can be found here- Conference Planner and Faculty Disclosure to Learner Report.

ABIM and ABP Maintenance of Certification Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

  • 33.25 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program; and
  • 6 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM or ABP MOC credit."

Disclosure Declaration
It is the policy of the ATS to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. As an accredited CME provider, the ATS requires that its planners, reviewers and presenters comply with the ACCME Standards Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.  The ATS also requires specific disclosure of relationships with companies and organizations associated with tobacco or cannabis and prohibits or limits participation of faculty in official ATS activities, including CME, if any tobacco industry relationship or some types of cannabis industry relationships is present. The most recent policies regarding potential conflicts of interest as well as the mechanisms to mitigate or resolve such conflicts can be found here: COI Policy for Official ATS Activities (thoracic.org)

Copyright 2023 ATS.
No part of this publication may be produced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

Privacy Policy
Please find a copy of the ATS privacy policy here: Privacy Policy (thoracic.org)


Questions? Contact education@thoracic.org .

2022 CME- Live Conference


Accreditation Statement

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

Credit Designation Statement

The American Thoracic Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 38.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Criteria for Success for CME and MOC Designated Activities:

CME Certificates of credit/attendance will be awarded based on the participant attending the activity, completing and submitting an evaluation and attesting to the credits earned. A CME certificate will be available upon successful completion of all three components. For MOC points, participants attend the session(s), complete the corresponding evaluation and pass the post-test for the activity with a passing score.



ABIM and ABP Maintenance of Certification Statement
(For Clinical Year in Review and Core Curriculum Sessions Only)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

  • 15 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program; and
  • 3 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM or ABP MOC credit.

Conference Disclosure Summary:

Please find a full disclosure summary of planners and presenters here: http://conference.thoracic.org/speakers/resources/2022/disclosure.pdf

Disclosure Declaration

It is the policy of the ATS to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. As an accredited CME provider, the ATS requires that its planners, reviewers and presenters comply with the ACCME Standards Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.  The ATS also requires specific disclosure of relationships with companies and organizations associated with tobacco or cannabis and prohibits or limits participation of faculty in official ATS activities, including CME, if any tobacco industry relationship or some types of cannabis industry relationships is present. The most recent policies regarding potential conflicts of interest as well as the mechanisms to mitigate or resolve such conflicts can be found here: COI Policy for Official ATS Activities (thoracic.org)

Copyright 2022 ATS.

No part of this publication may be produced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

Privacy Policy

Please find a copy of the ATS privacy policy here: Privacy Policy (thoracic.org)

Questions? Contact education@thoracic.org .

2022 CME- On-Demand


Start Date: May 25, 2022<
Expiration Date: June 24, 2022

Accreditation Statement

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

Credit Designation Statement

The American Thoracic Society designates this internet enduring material for a maximum of 48 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Criteria for Success for CME and MOC Designated Activities:

CME Certificates of credit/attendance will be awarded based on the participant attending the activity, completing and submitting an evaluation and attesting to the credits earned. A CME certificate will be available upon successful completion of all three components. For MOC points, participants attend the session(s), complete the corresponding evaluation and pass the post-test for the activity with a passing score.

ABIM and ABP Maintenance of Certification Statement
(For Clinical Year in Review and Core Curriculum Sessions Only)

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

  • 15 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program; and
  • Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM or ABP MOC credit.

Conference Disclosure Summary:

Please find a full disclosure summary of planners and presenters here: http://conference.thoracic.org/speakers/resources/2022/disclosure.pdf

Disclosure Declaration

It is the policy of the ATS to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. As an accredited CME provider, the ATS requires that its planners, reviewers and presenters comply with the ACCME Standards Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.  The ATS also requires specific disclosure of relationships with companies and organizations associated with tobacco or cannabis and prohibits or limits participation of faculty in official ATS activities, including CME, if any tobacco industry relationship or some types of cannabis industry relationships is present. The most recent policies regarding potential conflicts of interest as well as the mechanisms to mitigate or resolve such conflicts can be found here: COI Policy for Official ATS Activities (thoracic.org)

Copyright 2022 ATS.

No part of this publication may be produced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.

Privacy Policy

Please find a copy of the ATS privacy policy here: Privacy Policy (thoracic.org)

Questions? Contact education@thoracic.org .

2021 CME


Accreditation Statement

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

Credit Designation Statement***

The American Thoracic Society designates this other activity <internet live activity and internet enduring material> for a maximum of 226.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Criteria for Success for CME Designated Activities:

CME certificates of credit/attendance will be awarded based on the participant viewing the activity, completing and submitting the pertinent evaluations and attesting to the credits earned by July 2, 2021. A CME certificate will be available upon successful completion of all three components.

Conference Disclosure Summary:

Please find a full disclosure summary of planners and presenters here: http://conference.thoracic.org/speakers/resources/2021/disclosure.pdf

Disclosure Declaration

It is the policy of the ATS to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. As an accredited CME provider, the ATS requires that its planners, reviewers and presenters comply with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support.  The ATS also requires specific disclosure of relationships with companies and organizations associated with tobacco or cannabis and prohibits or limits participation of faculty in official ATS activities, including CME, if any tobacco industry relationship or some types of cannabis industry relationships is present. The most recent policies regarding potential conflicts of interest as well as the mechanisms to resolve such conflicts can be found here: COI Policy for Official ATS Activities (thoracic.org)

*** The designation of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per session is listed on individual session pages. The ATS is unable to offer AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for sessions that include presentations made by industry-employed speakers if the topic of their presentation relates to a product or business line of their employer.