VESAP 4

The VESAP4 mobile app is a self-assessment program designed to meet the Maintenance of Certification requirements of the Vascular Surgery Board of the American Board of Surgery for continuing medical education credits and MOC self-assessment credits. The app allows users to use VESAP4 offline.

VESAP4 has over 500 questions and includes detailed discussions and references for each question. You may use this product in Learning Mode as often as you like. You will not earn CME credit or MOC self-assessment credit in Learning Mode; however, you will be able to review a rationale for the responses and will access available abstracts in PubMed.

Target Audience:

VESAP4 is an invaluable aid for vascular surgeons in preparing for the qualifying, certification, and recertification examinations in vascular surgery and to remain current in the specialty of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy. Vascular residents and fellows will find it a useful study aid for their ABSITE or VSITE examinations.

Interventional radiologists, cardiologists, vascular medicine specialists, and allied health care professionals focusing on vascular diseases may use VESAP4 self-assessment to keep abreast of the current practice of vascular surgery and endovascular therapy.

Two Modes:

In Learning Mode, you can view the correct answer to each question, the rationale and references. At the end of each session, you may save your answers and return at a later time or you may elect to end the session and view your score. You may use this product in Learning Mode as often as you like and you make take all or part of the exam.

In Exam Mode, you may navigate throughout the question bank, you may take as much time as you like and you can save your answers and return at a later time to complete the exam. In Exam Mode, you will not be able to view the rationale, references or the correct answers.

Method of participation:

Participants must complete the entire exam, obtain a passing score of 75% or greater, and complete the evaluation in order to receive CME credit.

If the score is less than 75%, the participant will be asked to review the incorrect questions and answer those questions until 75% is achieved.

Original release date: 8/1/2017
Expiration date: 7/31/2020

Policy on privacy and confidentiality:

Per the SVS Privacy Policy, SVS does not sell personally identifiable information collected during this CME activity to third parties. SVS records personally identifiable information to generate CME certificates and assist with customer inquiries. Any data analysis undertaken by SVS to measure VESAP product performance is undertaken without any personally identifiable information.

Accreditation:

The Society for Vascular Surgery is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation of Credit for VESAP4 Comprehensive

Package:

The Society for Vascular Surgery designates this enduring material for a maximum of 75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Designation of Credit for VESAP4 Modules:

The Society for Vascular Surgery designates this enduring material for a maximum of 7.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.