CME Accreditation

The AOCA is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

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 the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the American Osteopathic College of Anesthesiologists (AOCA). The AOA is accredited by the ACCME to certify education and issue CME credit to physicians.

Credit Designation

The AOCA designates this activity for a maximum of 14.0 AOA Category 1-A Credits and will report CME with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits pending approval

Grantor Acknowledgement

The AOA and AOCA acknowledge an educational grant for partial support of this activity from AudioDigest/Wolters Kluwer.

Disclosure Statement

The AOA has implemented a policy to comply with the current Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education requiring resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest.  Faculty declaring a relevant conflict of interest must be identified in the activity syllabus and/or program.

In accordance with disclosure policies of AOA and the ACCME, every effort has been made to ensure all CME activities are balanced, independent, objective, and scientifically rigorous. These policies include complying with ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education and resolving all possible conflicts of interest for the Planning committees, Authors, Faculty and staff. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.   

The following faculty, presenters and planning committee members have indicated that they may have a relationship that could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest. If their name is not listed below, they disclosed that they had no financial relationships with a commercial interest.

How to Claim CME Credits

AOA CME Submission and Certificate
To claim AOA Category 1-A Credits Category 1 Credits™, please attest to your participation in the lectures by completing the online attestation form. You must complete this form in its entirety. 

Completing this form is mandatory in order for your credits to be reported to the AOA on your behalf. Once you have completed the CME statement of attendance at the end of the online form, you will be directed to a page where you can fill out and print your CME certificate for your records. You will have instant access to fill in your certificate, save and print it.

To fill out the certificate accurately, you will need to have the total number of credit hours (noted for each lecture) that you plan to claim.  If you select YES to the certificate question, you will be forwarded to a fillable certificate where you can input your information and save it to your device. If you would like to print your certificate, make sure to save the filled-in certificate to your device first and then print. If you select NO to the certificate question, your attestation will be submitted, and you will NOT be forwarded to the certificate page. If you find that you need a record of your certificate after submitting your form, please contact [email protected] or with any questions.