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The Society for the Advancement of Blood Management® (SABM®) Annual Meeting is an international forum where patient blood management professionals gather to share ideas and inform one another of best practices, research discoveries, regulatory changes related to blood management, new blood management techniques, and effective blood management products.
Educational activities begin on Thursday, September 23 at 8:00 a.m. with a pre-conference event: Blood Management from a Nursing Perspective planned by SABM's Nurses Work Group.
Presentations at the Annual Meeting are given by leading patient blood management experts in their fields. The sessions are planned and implemented in accordance with generally accepted standards for conducting continuing medical education activities.
Topics for this year's meeting will be:
- Hemostasis Management
- Anemia Management
- Current Trends in Patient Blood Management
Accreditation with Commendation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Swedish Medical Center and the Society for the Advancement of Blood Management. Swedish Medical Center is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Swedish Medical Center designates this educational activity to a maximum of 19.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing CE Contact Hours
Contact hours for this continuing nursing education activity has been submitted to Swedish Medical Center an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Washington State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Contact Vicki Enslow at Swedish Medical Center for more information about contact hours.
Perfusionist CEUs
The American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (ABCP) designates this educational activity to a maximum of 22.8 Category I CEU credits. Perfusionists should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
SABM Physician Training Programs
Sponsor Your Resident at the Annual Meeting was created to encourage physician members to introduce your student and resident physicians to blood management at the SABM Annual Meeting. SABM Physician members who sponsor their resident’s attendance at the annual meeting by providing travel, lodging, and meals may apply for their resident to receive free registration and a one year SABM membership.
The SABM International Physician Training Program offers waived Annual Meeting registration and a one year SABM membership to international physicians who train in patient blood management at a member's hospital.
For more information of either of these programs, send an email to: info@sabm.org.
DID YOU KNOW...
- ...educational activities begin Thursday, September 23 with pre-conference events?
- ...One-year FULL or Affiliate membership applications received within 60 days of registration receive a discount on the meeting registration equal to 50% of the dues ($83 or $55)?
- ...on a post-meeting survey from our 2009 Annual Meeting, 76% of the respondents who implemented blood management strategies indicated they noticed improved patient outcomes?
- ...the 2010 President's Award recipient is John W. Adamson, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California-San Diego?
- ...round trip air fares to Puerto Rico may be less expensive than travel between continental destinations?
- ...Puerto Rico has the same passport and visa restrictions as the USA?
- ...the Sheraton Puerto Rico is only 25 miles from the El Yunque National Rain Forest?