Subscribers will now find articles designed for CME within the Review Section of the Journal of Hand Surgery.
The Journal of Hand Surgery Continuing Medical Education (CME) activity was developed by the JHS review section editors and review article authors as a convenient educational tool. After completing this activity, participants will be able to demonstrate an increase in or affirmation of their knowledge of hand and upper extremity surgery. Users will also be able to evaluate the appropriateness of clinical data and apply it to their practice and the provision of patient care.
General Educational Objectives and Disclosures: The general educational objectives for the Journal of Hand Surgery CME and updated disclosures of Review Section editors can be found here.
Format and Fee: The Review Section of JHS will contain at least 3 clinically relevant articles selected by the editor to be offered for CME in each issue. For CME credit, the participant must read the articles and correctly answer related questions through an online examination. Your JHS CME Activity fee of $20.00 includes the exam questions/answers only and does not include access to the JHS articles referenced.
The American Society for Surgery of the Hand designates this Journal-Based CME activity for a maximum of 2.00 "AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™". Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Passing Score: In compliance with AMA policy, all questions must be answered correctly in order to obtain the CME credits listed above.
The ASSH is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
To claim CME credits, subscribers must read all the CME-eligible articles and take an online test. The questions on the test are designed to make the reader think and will occasionally require the reader to go back and scrutinize the article for details. All questions must be answered correctly for the reader to earn CME credits.
Deadline: Each exam purchased in year 2011 must be completed by January 31, 2012 to be eligible for CME. A certificate will be issued upon completion of the activity. Estimated time to complete each month's JHS CME activity is 2 hours.
Effective with the January 2010 issue, all CME activities for the Journal of Hand Surgery are being conducted through the Elsevier CME platform. To access this system, you must login directly to the Journal of Hand Surgery website with your JHS login information (this is different than your login information for the American Society for Surgery of the Hand website). If you have never created an account on the JHS website, click here to Register.
If you have any difficulties with the login process, please contact Elsevier, the JHS publisher.
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