Continuing Education
Continuing education credits offered at Houston Shock Symposium are an essential component of professional development, ensuring that clinicians stay current with the latest research, clinical practices, and regulatory standards in patient care.
Participation in accredited educational activities allows providers to enhance their knowledge, earn recognized education credits, and meet licensure or certification requirements.
Target Audience
This educational activity is designed for interventionalists, advanced heart failure cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, cardiac physiologists, cardiologists, critical care physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, medical students, residents, and fellows who manage cardiogenic shock.
Accreditation & Credit Designation*
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL) and Houston Shock Symposium. ACHL is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning designates this live activity for a maximum of 19.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Memorial Hermann Health System is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses may participate in this educational activity and earn a certificate of completion as AAPA, AANP, and ANCC accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ through their reciprocity agreements. Learners are encouraged to contact their licensing or specialty board to confirm that participation in this activity will count toward any continuing education requirements. This certificate includes information regarding the credit designation of this activity. This may be presented to a licensing board as evidence or documentation of participation at a bona fide continuing education activity. ACHL makes its best efforts to offer CE credit or contact hours to identified members of the target audience. However, ACHL does not guarantee that any certificate will be accepted.
Maintenance of Certification for Physicians*
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 19.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points.
By providing your ABIM Diplomate number, you consent to have ACHL and/or our educational partners submit your participation in this activity to the ABIM through the ACCME PARS system. ABIM credit will be submitted to PARS on the first day of each month. The last day available to claim MOC credit is November 30, 2026.
*Credit amount is subject to change, upon final review of agenda
Disclaimer
Guidelines require that learners in CME activities be made aware of all relevant financial relationships affecting the presentation of the faculty member. ACHL ensures that all faculty and staff involved in the planning, development, and implementation of ACHL activities disclose financial relationships held within 24 months and that relevant financial relationships are mitigated before a CME activity occurs. Complete information will be provided to learners prior to the start of the educational activity.