CME/CEU Information

Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credits
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians and Ph.D. medical geneticists. FASEB and The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) take responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity. FASEB designates this educational activity for up to 27.75 credit hours in category 1 credit towards the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award

CME application forms are available at the ASHG Society and Membership Office in Room 252 of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, or may be obtained after the meeting from the FASEB Office at 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3998; email to shamilton@faseb.org. There is a $45 application fee, payable upon submission of the form. For further information, please contact the FASEB Office of Scientific Meetings and Conferences at (301) 634-7010.

Click here for a downloadable pdf of the CME Credit Request Form


Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credits for California-Licensed Clinical and Molecular Laboratory Directors
Continuing education units up to 24.5 will be available for California cytogeneticists through the Professional Acknowledgment for Continuing Education (PACE) program. All education sessions, social issues sessions, invited speaker sessions, concurrent/plenary platform sessions, the evening session (#53) and the Distinguished Speakers’ Symposium have been approved for credit. The poster, presidential address, and awards sessions have not been approved for credit.
You can pick up your CEU packet on site in the ASHG Society and Membership Office, Room
252.


Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credits for Genetic Counselors
The American Counseling Association (ACA) will grant up to 32 clock hours of education or 3.2 CEUs for the 56th annual meeting of The American Society of Human Genetics. This event is co-sponsored by the ACA. ACA is approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) to offer up to 32 contact clock hours of continuing education credit. ACA adheres to NBCC continuing education guidelines. NBCC-approved contact hours will be provided by ACA. ACA offers 10 contact clock hours for every (1) continuing education unit, as approved by the American Board of Genetic Counseling.

Genetic counselors who prepaid the $30 fee via advance registration and who received a CEU credit report form by mail may return completed forms to the ASHG Society and Membership Office, Convention Center Room 252 by noon on Friday, October 13, or mail them after the meeting to the ASHG Administrative Office, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20814-3998. For genetic counselors who register on site, forms are available in Room 252 and may be completed and returned with payment at the end of the meeting or mailed with payment after the meeting to the ASHG Administrative Office at the address above.

 

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