Method of Participation/ Instruction for Obtaining Credit

Participants should complete all assignments and tasks in the Canvas Platform using access information provided by the University of the Pacific, Benerd College. Upon completing engagement with the content and passing multiple-choice test questions, completion will automatically be logged. 

You must receive a score of 80% or better on the final post-test to earn a certificate. You will have a maximum of 3 attempts to successfully complete the post-test. Certificates will be accessible within 30 days of completion, and instructions for accessing CME certificates are provided below. Certificates for CPE credit claimants will be available in CPE Monitor.

To Access and/or Manage your Certificate(s) of Credit or Transcript(s):

  1. Visit ww2.highmarksce.com/ucsf/ to login.
    If you have never logged in before:
    1. Type in your email address as your username
    2. Click the “Get It Now” link just below the green login button.
    3. Use the temporary link sent to your email to access the system
    4. Update/save your profile information.
    5. Once all your information is verified, you will be taken to your “Dashboard".
  2. If you do not see Tiles, click on the word “Dashboard” on the left side of your screen, just below the blue banner.
  3. On the Credits tile, click the Online Courses link. It opens a page where you can print certificates.

 

Accreditation

ACCME

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of UCSF and University of the Pacific’s Benerd College. UCSF is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME. For the purpose of relicensure, the California Board of Registered Nursing accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. (Report up to 20.00 hours of credit and list "CME Category 1" as the provider number.)

Nurse Practitioners: For the purposes of recertification, AANPCB accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM issued by organizations accredited by ACCME as an equivalent number of hours of participation.

Registered Dietitians: The Commission on Dietetic Registration accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to Dietetic practice and have been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

Psychologists: This educational activity is recognized by the California Board of Psychology as meeting the continuing education requirements toward license renewal for California psychologists. Psychologists are responsible for reporting their own attendance to the California Board of Psychology. Psychologists from other states should check with their respective licensing boards.

Physician Assistants: PAs may claim a maximum of 20.00 Category 1 credit(s) for completing this activity. NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. AAPA accepts category 1 credit from AOACCME, Prescribed credit from AAFP, and AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME.

CME credit will be available starting July 26, 2021
Expires July 25, 2024.

 

ACPE

Pharmacists: The University of California, San Francisco, School of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

CPE credit will be available starting (initial release date) Oct. 1, 2021

Expires (planned expiration date): May 31, 2024

 

Designation

UCSF has approved this program for CME credit: UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 100.00

UCSF has approved this program for CME credit: UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 100.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

UCSF approved all courses in this program for CPE credit:

Foundations Course: This application-based activity is approved for 20.00 contact hours (2.00 CEUs) under the ACPE Universal Activity Number 0005-9999-21-011-H01-P.

Inclusive Care & Special Populations Course: This application-based activity is approved for 20.00 contact hours (2.00 CEUs) under the ACPE Universal Activity Number 0005-9999-21-012-H01-P.

Pharmacotherapy Course: This application-based activity is approved for 20.00 contact hours (2.00 CEUs) under the ACPE Universal Activity Number 0005-9999-21-013-H01-P.

Diabetes Technology Course: This application-based activity is approved for 20.00 contact hours (2.00 CEUs) under the ACPE Universal Activity Number 0005-9999-21-014-H01-P.

Diabetes Education & Wellness Course: This application-based activity is approved for 20.00 contact hours (2.00 CEUs) under the ACPE Universal Activity Number 0005-9999-21-015-H01-P.

 

Disclosure

This UCSF CME activity was planned and developed to uphold academic standards to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor; adhere to requirements to protect health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); and include a mechanism to inform learners when unapproved or unlabeled uses of therapeutic products or agents are discussed or referenced.

All individuals in a position to control content have disclosed relevant financial relationship with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used on or by patients.

The planner of this program, Larry Chang,PharmD, BCACP, APh , has stated he has no relationships to disclose.

Each presenter has included a dedicated disclosure slide to inform learners of their presence or absence of relationships with ineligible companies, prior to the discussion of content.

Supplemental Material:

Cultural and Linguistic Competency Resources
CLC Info and Resources

UC Online Privacy Policy
http://meded.ucsf.edu/cme/privacy-policy

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To inquire about course certifications for credit, please contact the UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education using the information below.

UCSF School of Medicine
Office of Continuing Medical Education
Box 0742
490 Illinois St., Floor 8
San Francisco, CA  94143

info@ocme.ucsf.edu
Phone: 415.476.4251 • Fax: 415.476.0318