ACG Education Universe - An online learning resource from the American College of Gastroenterology

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Access ACG’s high-quality educational offerings in a convenient and customizable online package.

By setting a few parameters regarding what you want to learn, the type of material, and the amount of time you want to devote to the learning activities, the ACG Education Universe develops a customized educational program just for you.  CME is developed from a wide variety of educational materials, including:

• Audio/video lectures (with slides) from nationally-recognized experts
• Postgraduate Course materials
• Self-Assessment Tests
• Textbook materials
• Journal articles
• And more

And since no day is without interruption, we’ve also set up the Universe so you can stop a program and pick up the program at a later time right where you left off.  Your information will be saved each time you login to the Universe.  The Universe will also keep track of just how much CME you’ve acquired and you can print certificates or a statement of your CME credits when you need it.

How to Search the ACG Education Universe

Step 1) For a quick search of ACG Education Universe content before logging in, click on Content List on the main page.  The Content List will list subject and types of material available within each subject. In addition, the number of items available within each category is also listed. 

Step 2) Login to Get Credits and “bank” your hours.  If you don’t have log in credentials, it is easy to set this up. Get Credits by the hour – you can purchase 1-5 hours, or 10, 15 or 20 hours.  A running tally of minutes you have available will be displayed on screen and you can see how many minutes you’ve purchased and how you have used them. 

Step 3) Browse Content to add CME programs to your Portfolio or set up your own search criteria with the Filter on the left side of the page.

With Filters you can:

• Select information by Organ System
• Select Media Type (choose from Abstracts, Journal Articles, Presentations (video-taped lectures with slides), Review Question Set, or Textbook chapters
• Narrow your search by including copyright year of material, keyword search by author, or keyword search by title

Step 4) Add all the CME you would like to take by clicking on Add to Portfolio that is shown at the bottom of each CME listing.  Now that you’ve added CME to your portfolio, you can access the CME and begin earning credits.

Step 5) Once you completed CME and you want to print your CME certificate, you must complete the online evaluation.  The CME certificate will not print unless you answer the short, online evaluation. Go to CME Credit Status Report to see items which are ready to be printed on a certifcate and items for which you still need a completed evaluation. 

When you are ready to print a certificate you can go to CME Certificate Generator. You can enter a date range and create and print a certificate for all of the activities you completed during that period. You can also view previous certificates. Each activity only appears in 1 certificate and each certificate will include a list of the items included in that certificate.