Rules for credit accumulation for acquisition of Certificates

The competencies and skills acquired by users of the LLL programme in Nutrition are assessed and certified. ESPEN LLL programme in Clinical Nutrition is accredited by the “Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes” (UEMS), which is recognised for Continuing Medical Education (CME) in most countries.

Certification is provided at several levels:

· A certificate for 3 CME credits for each specific topic at a live course after its successful completion.

· A certificate for 4 CME credits (from 2-6 credits depending on the Topic) from on-line activities for one topic is awarded after you do the self-assessment test for each module and successfully pass the corresponding grading quizzes for the Topic.

· 1 CME credit is awarded for on-line self-training after successful completion of each on-line course/topic in case you don’t pass grading quizzes.

Certificates are provided at Live courses. You can earn the credits for each topic according to the completed activities:

You can get “Topic maximum” and earn CME credits from on-line and live course on one topic in case you successfully pass both self-assessment test and grading quiz for each module and then participate in the live course

- 3 CME credits per topic from live course

- 4 CME credits per topic from complete on-line activities. (In case in your selected topic the number of modules is 2, 3, 5 or-6, you will receive depending on the Topic from 2-6 credits for on-line activity).

Rules for credit accumulation for Diploma

ESPEN DIPLOMA

Users / participants in LLL programme who successfully complete their training and meet the respective requirements of LLL programme for Diploma will receive the ESPEN Diploma in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. Two kinds of ESPEN Diploma will be awarded:

1. ESPEN Diploma in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism will be awarded to health professionals (Masters/Bachelors) participants in LLL programme, who succeeded to collect 120 credits from live courses, on-line self training and final examination.

2. EUROPEAN ESPEN Diploma in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism with credits granted by Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes, and recognized for Continuing Medical Education in most countries will be awarded to physicians after the completion of the requirements for diploma - collection of 120 credits: 100 credits from on-line and live courses and 20 credits from successful final examination.

Rules to accumulate 120 credits for ESPEN Diploma:

You must accumulate 100 CME credits in order to sit the final exam, which brings the remaining 20 credits.

· 58 (50-60) credits from on-line courses;

· 40 (40 -50) credits from live courses

· 20 credits from successful completion of a final exam.

The earned credits are verified with certificates issued for each on-line or live course undertaken.

You are not allowed to sit the final exam in case you have not accumulated 100 CME credits from the on-line and live courses.

Note: On-line modules can be made more valuable by performing additional specific educational activities which bring additional credit.

These activities include reports and clinical case studies developed as assignments.

Diploma	Kind of Diploma	Requirements: Credits	Time schedule
1. ESPEN Diploma	Project of ESPEN and EU educational Programme Leonardo da Vinci
ESPEN Diploma For Physicians (CME)	EUROPEAN ESPEN Diploma in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, with credits awarded by Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes	120 credits	Will be achieved in 2010
ESPEN Diploma For NON-physicians	ESPEN Diploma in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism	120 credits	Will be achieved in 2010
2. Master Diploma	Project of LLL board and Educational Committee of ESPEN	120 credits	Planned for 2013-15
Master Diploma for Masters  for Physicians	Master Diploma in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism awarded to Master in Medicine	90 credits
Master Diploma for Masters  for NON-physicians	Master Diploma in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism awarded to Master in Pharmacy, Dietetics,Health Sciences….	90 credits Clinical Practice Thesis
Master Diploma for Bachelors	Master Diploma in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism awarded to Bachelor in Dietetics, Health Sciences....	120 credits Clinical Practice Thesis