11 Professional Organizations a) AST accepts the CE credits offered at live events, for example, conferences, forums, symposiums, and workshops, that are sponsored by an ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education) accredited organization, and the event is approved to offer AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™, or CE credits are accepted if an organization’s live event is approved to offer AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ by another ACCME accredited organization. b) CE credits are accepted for live events approved by the ADA-CERP and JCAHPO. c) Documentation requirement: A certificate of attendance signed by an authorized individual who represents the organization. The total number of CE credits to be earned must be printed on the certificate. Surgical Mission a) One time per two-year certification cycle, the CST or CSFA may submit a surgical mission to AST for CE credits. b) The surgical mission is awarded 10 CE credits no matter the length of the mission. c) Documentation requirement: The AST Surgical Mission verification form must be completed by the CST or CSFA that includes the signature of the mission team leader, and a copy submitted with the AST CE Reporting Form. Incomplete forms will be returned. AST CE Credit Value for Enduring Material CE credits are awarded as follows for completing CE articles or courses. The CE article or course must be a minimum of 2,000 words in length. The word count does not include the headings, title of article, post-article exam, reference page, or bibliography. a) 2,000 – 2,499 words equals 1.0 CE credits b) 2,500 – 2,999 words equals 1.25 CE credits c) 3,000 – 3,499 words equals 1.5 CE credits d) 3,500 – 3,999 words equals 1.75 CE credits Member and Nonmember: Proprietary CE Provider Processing Fee CE credits earned through a proprietary CE provider are subject to a processing fee. The fee does not apply to healthcare facility in-services, AST sponsored programs and enduring materials, State Assembly meetings, college courses, physician non-profit organization’s programs, and AST approved programs offered by other non-profit health organizations. * 1-10 CE credits $15 processing fee * 31 – 40 $60 * 11 – 20 $30 * 41 – 50 $75 * 21 – 30 $45 * 51+ $90
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