There's still time to enroll in the Collaborative Maintenance Pathway (CMP) and ensure that you have two chances to pass this year. Depending on your specialty, the first Performance Assessment window for the year will be Aug. 13-21 or Oct. 8-16.
Read MoreThe ACC Board of Trustees has approved the College's newest slate of officers and trustees put forth by the ACC Nominating Committee.
Read MoreI hope all have had a restful 4th of July and perhaps a chance to take time off with family and friends. I wanted to update our members on notable upcoming events in the life of our chapter.
Our NC/SC Joint Annual Conference will be held at Kiawah Island Golf Resort, September 23-25, we will be meeting in the brand-new West Beach Conference Center which has received rave reviews.
Read MoreWhen it comes to meeting maintenance of certification (MOC) requirements, you have choices! If you’re due for an MOC assessment this year, the Collaborative Maintenance Pathway (CMP) is an MOC assessment option that helps meet ALL your needs!
Read MoreThe ACC is marking National Nurses Week (May 6 – 12) with a month-long recruitment campaign [acc.org]. Nonmember nurses who join the ACC in May with code Nurses2022 get 40% off of AACC or CV Team membership for 2022, as well as a waiver of the $25 application fee.
Read MorePlease take a moment to send a letter to your state representative that sits on the House Ways and Means Committee.
Read MoreThe ACC welcomed its newest officers and members of the Board of Trustees to their new roles on April 4. ACC President Edward T. A. Fry, MD, FACC, will serve as ACC’s president for 2022-2023, and B. Hadley Wilson, MD, FACC, is ACC’s new vice president.
Read MoreThe South Carolina chapter kicked off our first State Legislative Day on February 8, 2022.
Chapter President, Michael Foster, MD and board member Rob Malanuk, MD met with Gene Hogan, South Carolina Senate Medical Affairs Committee, Research Director, Senator Sandy Senn, Representative Beth Bernstein and Representative Kirkman Finlay, III.
Read MoreTake advantage of these membership discounts today!
Read MoreEvery February since Lyndon Johnson proclaimed American Heart Month in 1963, there is an unique opportunity to shine a public spotlight on the impacts of cardiovascular disease and the importance of not only understanding the signs and symptoms, but also learning how to prevent heart disease.
Read MoreInvest in yourself with the CMP – the MOC assessment option that meets ALL your education, licensure and certification requirements! With the Collaborative Maintenance Pathway (CMP), you can stay 100% certified by focusing on just 20% of the field each year.
Read MoreACC.22 will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 2 – 4, 2022 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Planning is well underway promising an unbeatable world-class line-up of sessions live and in person!
Read MoreDr. Dharini Ramu, MD, FACC is an Assistant Professor in Cardiology in the Medical University of South Carolina, specializing in Advanced heart failure and Cardio-Oncology. On completing medical school in India, she pursued internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at the University of Connecticut/ Hartford Hospital program including a year as Chief fellow. She went on to complete an additional fellowship in Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation at the University of Minnesota. She has been on faculty at MUSC since 2016 and is currently the Director of the Cardio-Oncology program and the Co-Director of the CVICU.
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“As president, my hope for – and my challenge to – ACC members for the next year and beyond is to not lose sight of our strengths or the sense of community that have grown out of our shared vulnerabilities and our shared sense of purpose,” writes Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, FACC, in her first JACC Leadership Page since becoming ACC president on April 1.
Read MoreApply for Fellowship in the ACC now—even before you’ve taken your Board exams! It’s quick, easy and FREE with code MyFACC now through July 15. Your annual ACC dues will not change, and you’ll gain recognition in the field that will help you stand out to employers, colleagues and patients. Apply in minutes online at ACC.org/FITtoFACC.
Read MoreI suspect many of you are very happy to see 2020 in the rear-view mirror. It was a challenging time for those health care workers in the front lines; this would include most of us on the cardiology team. It was a year that required adaptation to ever-changing work conditions. It was a year that required facing real danger to our own, as well as our loved ones' health.
Read MoreThere are two components within MOC that we need to be aware of – the assessment requirement and the points requirement (Figure 1). The assessment section is the certification that needs to be renewed, traditionally every 10 years. New assessment options, however, are mentioned below that promote ongoing learning and do not follow the traditional 10-year path.
The points requirement refers to the need to earn 100 MOC points every five years (and at least one MOC point every two years) with points earned from a variety of topics. If you are a sub-specialty fellow, then 20 MOC points are automatically earned each year of eligible fellowship training. In addition to participating in assessments, points accumulate during our routine activities (Figure 1). For example, entering your ABIM credentials into UpToDate® earns 0.25 MOC points each time you search. Journal articles and the Online Learning Catalog on ACC.org offer free MOC points as well. Furthermore, scientific meetings, local grand rounds, and specialty courses are also sources of MOC points.
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