COURSE STEP-BY-STEP

Accreditation: This online course “An Introduction to Immunology”, made available on www.seronosymposia.org and organized by Serono Symposia International Foundation,  is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME)and is awarded 1 European CME credit.

Welcome to “An Introduction to Immunology” an online course. This course was published in November 2008 and will expire in November 2011.

GETTING STARTED

If you want to learn more about this online course, begin by reading through the pages listed at the right.

REGISTERING

All participants must complete the registration form to take part in this online course.

NAVIGATION IN THE PROGRAM

This Serono Symposia International Foundation online course includes a number of slides accompanied by audio and narrative text. You can navigate through the slides using the “Next” and “Previous” buttons or using the "Menu" button to choose a specific slide. There are a total of 59 slides in this presentation and the approximate completion time is 1 hour. You can control the audio by using the buttons on the bottom right. Please note that the first and last slides do not have audio.

You need to have Flash Player 7 installed in order to view the course. If you are not sure what Flash Player you have installed visit the site http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/flash/about/ to find out. If you see a red cross there is no flash player installed. Otherwise the version will be detected.

PRINTING POWERPOINT SLIDES

You can save and print the entire online course program by clicking the “Download” button. The downloaded file will include an Adobe Acrobat PDF file of the slides and transcripts. You will need Adobe Acrobat® Reader® to view the PDF files.

TAKING THE TEST

When you reach the end of the program, you have the option of completing a brief multiple-choice test, followed by a program evaluation. In order to have a certificate of completion, you will have to answer at least 9 questions out of 13 correctly. Please note that the questions also refer to the Glossary of Immunology and the Human Immune System Literature Review.

ACCREDITATION

The online course “An Introduction to Immunology”, made available on www.seronosymposia.org and organized by Serono Symposia International Foundation,  is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists.

The online course “An Introduction to Immunology”, made available on www.seronosymposia.org and organized by Serono Symposia International Foundation, is awarded “1” European CME credits (ECMECs).

Each medical specialist should claim only those credits that he/she ctually spent in the educational activity. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). Only those e-learning materials that are displayed on the UEMS-EACCME website have formally been accredited.

QUESTIONS

If you have any questions or experience any problems, please contact info@seronosymposia.org.

We hope you find the information in this online course informative and relevant.