CME-CPD Accreditation

WCN 2017 bring together leading scientists, public health experts, policy-makers to translate recent scientific advances into action. Because of the diverse, clinically focused educational offering, participants are able to tailor the curriculum to meet the needs of international clinicians of all levels of experience.

After attending this event, participants should be able to: 

• Address individual needs in compliance with their Continuous Professional Development (CPD) plan.
• Summarize major developments in the field of neurology.
• Describe innovative approaches to neurorehabilitation and its clinical application.
• Examine new trends, techniques, therapies, and diagnostic procedures in neurology.
• Evaluate the disorders of the autonomic nervous system.
• Review current basic clinical practice and technology in the field of neurology.
• Enhance a collaboration with the worlds scientific experts to advance scientific knowledge about neurology.

The 23rd World Congress of Neurology (WCN 2017) is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS): www.uems.net.

Through an agreement between the European Union of Medical Specialists and the American Medical Association (AMA), physicians may convert EACCME credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert EACCME credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/go/internationalcme

Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognized by the UEMS-EACCME for ECMEC credits are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. For more information, visit: www.royalcollege.ca 

Industry Support Disclosure

This event is supported, in part, by funding from industry. All support is managed in strict accordance with CME/CPD accreditation criteria and standards for commercial support. Appropriate acknowledgement of all supporting organisations is made in the programme guide, on the event website, and with signage during the event.