ACCSAP – Brand New!

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ACCSAP is ACC's flagship self-assessment program covering the entire field of adult clinical cardiology. It's a great resource for:

Perfecting your knowledge of CV medicine. Use ACCSAP to identify your knowledge gaps, reinforce your existing knowledge, and learn new information.
Earning CME/MOC/ECME credit. ACCSAP offers enough CME credit and MOC points in Medical Knowledge for all your licensing and certification requirements for up to 5 years. 150+ credits!
Passing the Boards. Use ACCSAP to prepare for the Boards – learn about the ABIM blueprint, simulate taking a Board exam, practice with hundreds of ABIM-style questions that include rationale, references, and links to related text, learn from educational text and lectures, and identify your knowledge gaps so you can plan additional study.

What's New About This Version of ACCSAP?

Regular updates. ACCSAP will now be updated yearly! Each year, new science and guidelines will be added to all topics, while 20% of topics will be thoroughly revised and republished. Over a 5-year period, the entire product will refreshed.
Improved access model. Your purchase now gives you dedicated access for 5 years and includes the yearly updates mentioned above. No more guessing about which version you should buy to meet your needs/timeline.
Better pricing. The previous version of ACCSAP cost $400 per year. This version is only $300 per year -- a 25% savings!
ECME credit is now available for users outside the US.
An enhanced quiz engine lets you easily highlight and bookmark questions so you can revisit them later.
New print options let you print text* and/or questions at your convenience.

*printable text will become available in Q2 2019.

What Popular Features are Returning?

Convenient online format gives you easy access from anywhere.
Educational material in both text and video format allows you to learn by reading or watching/listening to a presentation. Did you know that ACCSAP includes all the lectures from ACC's Board Review course?
Even better questions:

Challenge yourself with questions that are ALL case-based rather than simple knowledge questions.
Create custom quizzes and simulate Board exams to personalize your learning.
Link from each question to its related text so you can quickly and easily learn more on that subject.

All the CME credit and MOC points in Medical Knowledge you need to stay licensed and certified for a 5-year period. Plus, ECME is available for users outside the U.S.

Click here for more information on our MOC Hub.

Formats and Publishing Schedule

ACCSAP is available online and will be published in late January 2019.

ACCSAP Table of Contents

How to Prepare for the Boards
General Principles of Cardiovascular Medicine
Arrhythmias
Coronary Artery Disease
Heart Failure & Cardiomyopathy
Valvular Disease
Pericardial Disease*
Congenital Heart Disease*
Vascular Diseases*
Systemic Hypertension and Hypotension*
Pulmonary Circulation Disorders
Systemic Disorders Affecting the Circulatory System*
Miscellaneous

Cardiovascular Genetics
CPR, Post-Resuscitation Care
Critical Care Cardiology
Cardiac Trauma
Sleep Disordered Breathing
Sports Cardiology
Pre-Operative Cardiovascular Assessment
Pregnancy and Cardiac Disease

*Coming in Q2 2019

Pricing

Member: $1,500
Nonmember: $1,900
Reduced: $900 (FIT, CCA, Emeritus)

Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief:
Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, FACC

Editor:
Jeffrey Kuvin, MD, FACC

Associate Editors:
Kathryn L. Berlacher, MD, FACC
Vera Bittner, MD, FACC
Peter A. Brady, MB, CHB, FACC
Akshay S. Desai, MD, FACC
Linda D. Gillam, MD, MPH, FACC
Eric V. Krieger, MD, FACC
Scott M. Lilly, MD, FACC
Frederick A. Masoudi, MD, MSPH, FACC
Vallerie V. McLaughlin, MD, FACC
John A. McPherson, MD, FACC
David A. Morrow, MD, MPH, FACC
Clive Rosendorff, MD, PHD, FACC
Ido Weinberg, MD, MSc, FACC
Terrence Welch, MD, FACC

Target Audience

This product is designed for cardiovascular specialists and other physicians or medical personnel who care for the cardiovascular patient.

Learner Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, learners should be able to:

Identify knowledge gaps and target study to fill those gaps in preparation for the ABIM Certification/Maintenance of Certification Exam in Cardiovascular Disease.
Review and discuss one or more of the following to optimize the quality and provision of clinical care pertinent to the practice of cardiovascular medicine:

Clinical and practice guidelines, recommendations and protocols
Emerging research information and application to practice
Quality and/or cost of care issues
Multispecialty and multidisciplinary collaboration and communication
Patient safety strategies
Performance improvement
Cultural competency

Date of Release

January 2019 and then rolling. Updates will be made every year.

Term of Approval/Date of CME & MOC Expiration

Rolling. Each topic's term of approval is displayed on the product's dashboard.

Term of Access

Your purchase provides you with 5 years of access from date of purchase.

CME/MOC/ECME Information

Accreditation

The American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The ACCF designates this enduring material for a maximum of 160 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activities.

While offering CME credits noted above, this program is not intended to provide extensive training or certification in the field.

MOC

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 160 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Canadian MOC

This activity is an Accredited Self-Assessment Program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society on 22/01/2019 and expires 01/22. Remember to visit MAINPORT to record your learning and outcomes. You may claim a maximum of 160 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

ECME Information

ACCSAP will be accredited by the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) for 160 hours of External CME credits. Each participant should claim only those hours of credit that have actually been spent in the educational activity. The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the European Board for Accreditation in Cardiology (EBAC) have recognized each other's accreditation systems as substantially equivalent. Apply for credit through the post-course evaluation.

Refund Policy

You may receive a full refund by canceling your order within 7 days of purchase. Claiming any type of credit for the product during that time will make you ineligible for a refund.