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Eligible physicians can now claim CME credit for engaging with the content of theÌýÂ鶹´«Ã½Brief. For each issue,Ìý0.5ÌýAMA PRA Category 1 Creditsâ„¢ are available.

How to Claim

To receive CME Credit, please complete the following steps:

1. Go to theÌý.
2. Select an Issue that you wish to claim credit for (listed by date of release).
3. Complete the registration process to access theÌýÂ鶹´«Ã½BriefÌý²¹³¦³Ù¾±±¹¾±³Ù²â.
4. Complete the CME evaluation.
5. Claim 0.5 CME credits. Your CME Certificate will be available immediately through MyCME following the completion of the activity.

¶Ù´Ç·É²Ô±ô´Ç²¹»åÌýstep-by-step instructions on how to claim CME. (Please note: Bulletin Brief instructions apply to the Â鶹´«Ã½Brief.)

For further study, please reference:

• Selected Readings in General Surgery
• Case Reviews in Surgery
• Evidence-Based Decisions in Surgery
• Surgical Education and Self-Assessment Program

Learning Objectives

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

• Summarize surgery-related content pertaining to new scientific literature, legislative and regulatory updates, education, and well-being.
• Consider opportunities to apply new knowledge or skills gained to practice and/or patient care.

Release, Review, and Termination Date

June 22, 2021–September 14, 2022

Disclosure Information

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the Â鶹´«Ã½ must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as "ineligible companies", defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.

Ineligible company

The ACCME defines an "ineligible company" as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition.

Financial Relationships

Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected. ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.

Conflict of Interest

Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.

The ACCME also requires that Â鶹´«Ã½manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.

Editorial Committee Disclosures

David B. Hoyt, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½-ÌýNothing to disclose

Tyler G. Hughes, MD, FÂ鶹´«Ã½-ÌýNothing to disclose