Accreditation
The CME Information desk is at the participants disposal in the
Congress Secretariat premises from
Friday, June 13 and throughout the scientific works.
UEMS
This ESH Congress has obtained the full
accreditation from the Union of European
Medical Specialties, which will assure the reciprocity of ESH-CME credits
all over Europe and the United States (American Medical Association).
Credits are given for all sessions and for participation in the Congress
in general and are awarded as follows:
Total credits available: nr. 40
Participants who wish to receive the UEMS
credits must fill in the UEMS evaluation
form delivered at the CME Information Desk and return it to the same
desk before leaving.
Certificates of attendance indicating the UEMS credits obtained will be mailed
after the Congress.
ITALIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTH - CME
credits
The accreditation has been asked separately for each day of the Main Meeting:
ITALIAN CME EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Saturday, June 14 - credits available nr. 8
To obtain the Italian CME credits the participant must attend:
one of the four Breakfast Workshops held from 7.15 to 8.15 hrs.
one of the four parallel Oral Sessions held from 8.30 to 10.30 hrs.
one of the three parallel Oral Sessions or the Topical Workshop held
from 11.00 to 12.30 hrs.
the Teaching Seminar, the "How to" Session or the Poster
Session held in the time-slot included
between 12.30 and 15.30 hrs.
one of the three parallel Oral Sessions or the Topical Workshop held
from 15.30 to 17.00 hrs.
the Plenary Session held from 17.00 to 18.30 hrs. in the Auditorium.
Sunday, June 15 - credits available nr. 9
To obtain the Italian CME credits the participant must attend:
one of the four Breakfast Workshops held from 7.15 to 8.15 hrs.
one of the four parallel Oral Sessions held from 8.30 to 10.30 hrs.
one of the three parallel Oral
Sessions or the Topical Workshop held from 11.00
to 12.30 hrs.
the Teaching Seminar, the "How to" Session or the Poster
Session held in the time-slot included
between 12.30 and 15.30 hrs.
one of the three parallel Oral Sessions or the Topical Workshop held
from 15.30 to 17.00 hrs.
the Plenary Session held from 17.00 to 18.15 hrs. in the Auditorium.
Monday, June 16 - credits available nr. 8
To obtain the Italian CME credits the participant must attend:
one of the four Breakfast Workshops held from 7.15 to 8.15 hrs.
one of the four parallel Oral Sessions held from 8.30 to 10.30 hrs.
one of the three parallel Oral Sessions or the Topical Workshop held
from 11.00 to 12.30 hrs.
the Teaching Seminar, the "How to" Session or the Poster
Session held in the time-slot included between 12.30 and 15.30 hrs.
one of the three parallel Oral Sessions or the Topical Workshop held
from 15.30 to 17.00 hrs.
the Plenary Session held from 17.00 to 18.15 hrs. in the Auditorium.
Tuesday, June 17 - credits available nr. 3
To obtain the Italian CME credits the participant must attend:
one of the seven ESH Working Groups held from 9.00 to 12.30 hrs.
At the moment of registration, each
participant is given the evaluation forms and
learning questionnaires of the scientific sessions scheduled.
These forms and questionnaires must be filled in and returned to the CME Information
Desk.
Electronic tags are used to record the CME
credits. The electronic readers are
placed:
- at the entrance of the Fiera Milano Congressi Center (Ground Floor)
- at the entrance to the Poster Area (Ground Floor)
- at the entrance to the Exhibition Area and Meeting Halls (1st floor)
- in the Auditorium premises (2nd floor).
After having collected their badge, Italian
participants are asked to go to the CME
Information Desk in order to receive the electronic tag which will be instantly
associated to the registrant name on the badge.
It is sufficient to pass through the
electronic portals located in the Congress Venue
(as indicated above) to have the credits recorded.
To obtain credits, Italian participants
must:
- record both the entrance and the exit of each Meeting day
- return the electronic tag to the Organizing Secretariat at the end of
the Congress (CME Information Desk)
- return the evaluation form duly filled in to the CME Information Desk
- fill in and return to the CME Desk the learning questionnaires. The anagraphical
data must compulsorily be indicated since required by the Italian
Ministry of Health.
Please note that should you loose or fail
to return the tag, you will be charged _
6,00 by the Organizing Secretariat.
CME ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATES
CME attendance certificates recording the credits obtained for
participating in the ESH 2003 Congress
will be mailed to the address indicated on the questionnaire
after having completed the necessary Ministry of Health procedures.
For further information about CME
procedures, please inquiry at the CME Information
Desk.
ESH CREDITS
Attendance at this Meeting will provide nr. 3 credits
for application as Hypertension Specialist of the European Society of
Hypertension.
Audiovisual
Instructions
There is a Multimedial Slide Center,
located at Level 2 of the Congress Centre.
ONLY PC DATA PROJECTION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE CONGRESS.
Each symposium room will be provided with a laptop. Therefore, the use of
ones laptop will not be allowed.
Should speakers have their personal laptop, a floppy disk or a CD-Rom,
they are kindly requested to go to the multimedial slide center to have
their presentation copied. The presentation will be then forwarded through
a LAN network from the Multimedial Slide Center directly to the computer
in the presentation room.
We kindly recommend to contact the Multimedial Slide Center the day before
your presentation. If this is not possible, please respect the following
time schedule:
45 minutes before for
PowerPoint presentation on floppy disk or CD-Rom
1 hour before for presentations
on Personal Computer.
Oral
Sessions
Parallel Oral Sessions are held
on June 14, 15 and 16. Each presentation is given 15 minutes (10 for
presentation and 5 for discussion). Oral Session Speakers
are requested to observe the guidelines indicated below.
Guidelines for Oral Session Speakers
Follow the instructions indicated at the paragraph "Audiovisual
Instructions" (see page 39)
Locate your Session Room in due time
Find yourself in the Room assigned for
presentation at least 10
minutes before the beginning of the Session to meet
the Chairs
Respect the timing allowed for your presentation
All presentations, discussions and questions are
in English
Please note that for each accepted abstract, the registration fee of at
least one of the Authors is required.
Poster
Sessions
All participants are invited to come and view the posters
which are displayed in the
Ground Floor of the Fiera Milano Congressi Center from Saturday, June
14 to Monday, June 16.
Poster must be hanged on at 18.00 hrs. on the day preceding the Session
assigned for display and removed at the end of the day assigned for the
exhibition, according to the following scheduling:
Saturday, June 14
Sessions 1-10: mounting on June 13 at 18.00 hrs. and dismantling on June
14 at 17.00 hrs.
Sunday, June 15
Sessions 11-20: mounting on June 14 at 18.00 hrs. and dismantling on June
15 at 17.00 hrs.
Monday, June 16, 2003
Sessions 21-30: mounting on June 15 at 18.00 hrs. and dismantling on June
16 at 17.00 hrs.
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