4th Annual Interventional Pulmonology and Advanced Diagnostics Conference
August 26-28, 2021

Jointly provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine, American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology in collaboration with Kenes Education.

Target Audience
This activity is intended for healthcare professionals engaged in the care of patients with Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology.

Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

• Address individual needs in compliance with their Continuous Professional Development (CPD) plan.
• Discuss developments in Interventional Pulmonary
• Describe an update about guided bronchoscopy
• Discuss the newly discovered management of bronchoscopic interventions for chronic obstructive airway disease
• Summarize an update about anesthesia for Interventional Pulmonology
• Discuss an update on management of complex parapneumonic effusions and empyema.
• Apply recently presented data to clinical practice, to expand treatment options and to improve outcomes for patients.

Faculty
Please view the faculty page here: https://aabip2021.com/speakers-moderators-program/.

Program Agenda
Please view the agenda here: https://aabip2021.com/program/

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and the American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician Continuing Medical Education
The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 18.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 18.25 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.

Credit Breakdown
Each participant should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Request for Credit (accesible from August 28)
1. Go to www.cmeuniversity.com
2. Login or Create a New Account (will take less than 1 minute)
a. If you receive a message when creating a new account that “the email you entered is already in use”, please click the Forgot my Username or Password link to have your Username and Password sent to you via email
b. After logging in, you may be asked to verify/update your information; after doing so, click Save at the bottom of the page
3. Type in 16606 at the top of the page, “Find Post-Test/Evaluation by Course”, and click enter
4. Click on the activity title when it appears
5. Choose the type of credit you desire
6. Complete the online assessment if you are requesting MOC Credit
7. Complete the activity evaluation
8. Receive an immediate CME/CE Certificate to download and/or print for your files

If you’re selecting AMA credit as a non-physician, you will be receiving a statement of participation with full credit hours on it. You cannot change this.

Furthermore, please note that you are legible to receive credit points for the amount of hours you have spent in education. You shall evaluate only those sessions you have attended and receive credits according to this overview.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires faculty, planners, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies. All identified conflicts of interest (COI) are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to PIM policy. The existence or absence of COI for everyone in a position to control educational content will be disclosed to participants prior to the start of each activity.

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