Journal CME
Vascular Medicine (VMJ) is the official journal of the Society for Vascular Medicine (SVM), published by Sage Publications. VMJ publishes the latest clinical and scientific information in vascular medicine and related specialties including original research, review articles, research letters, images and patient information pages. The Journal has a single-blinded peer review policy and adheres to recommendations from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). Physician peer reviewers may earn Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit and Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part II points for reviewing manuscripts submitted to the journal, and non-physician reviewers may earn participation credit hours.
Individuals interested in becoming peer reviewers for Vascular Medicine are encouraged to submit a curriculum vitae (CV) for consideration by emailing the editorial office at editor@vmj.vascularmed.org.
Target Audience: Physicians, Other Members of the Healthcare Team
CME Peer Review
Accreditation and Awarding Credit
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented UVA Health Continuing Education and the Society for Vascular Medicine. UVA Health Continuing Education and is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians: UVA Health Continuing Education designates this journal-based CME for a maximum of 3.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per review. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Hours of Participation: UVA Health Continuing Education awards 3.0 hours of participation for this activity (consistent with the designated number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ or ANCC contact hours) to a participant who successfully completes this educational activity. UVA Health Continuing Education maintains a record of participation for six (6) years.
ABIM MOC Recognition Statement: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 3.0 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC II credit.
Please note: MOC II credit will be reported quarterly. Credit received after November 30 of each year will be applied to the following year. IMPORTANT: Your ABIM number must be in your CME profile to be reported.
Learning Objectives
By completing this peer review activity, participants demonstrate their ability to:
- Analyze the latest advances in vascular medicine across basic, translational, clinical, and population-based research to deepen understanding of current scientific developments.
- Identify and document existing knowledge gaps in vascular medicine and identify meaningful opportunities for future investigation and scholarly contribution.
- Apply critical appraisal skills to medical literature to produce clear, constructive, and methodologically sound peer-review analyses.
Eligibility Requirements
Reviews are rated by the Editors for quality and timeliness on a scale of 1-3. To be eligible for credit, the reviewer must receive an average composite score of at least 2.0.
The metric for quality of review is based on the quality of comments. For example, a score of 1 = review is below average (1-2 sentences with no suggestions for the authors); 2 = review is sufficient (succinct, focused review with a few suggestions for the authors); and 3 = review is above average (comprehensive and thoughtful review with highly detailed feedback for the authors). For timeliness, a score of 1 = review was severely delayed 4 weeks or more); 2 = review was slightly delayed (3 weeks); 3 = review was on time (2 weeks). For example, a slightly delayed, high-quality review would receive a 3 for quality and 2 for timeliness, which is 2.5 composite score.
A copy of the final decision letter is shared with each reviewer. The letter includes all reviewers’ comments as well as the editors comments, which are collectively used to explain the rationale for the decision.
Eligible reviewers will receive instructions for claiming credit in a separate email from the editorial office after the decision letter is sent to the authors. The instructions will contain an activity code for the online evaluation, which must be completed before the deadline to received credit. Activity codes are sent once/month around the 15-20th of each month and expire on the 1st day of the following month. Appropriate credit will be recorded when the online evaluation is completed.
Disclosure Policy
No one in a position to control content has disclosed any financial relationships.
All financial relationships have been mitigated to ensure independence and integrity in the educational content.
Disclosure of Financial Relationships
UVA Health Continuing Education as a Joint Accreditation Provider adhere to the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, as well as Commonwealth of Virginia statutes, University of Virginia policies and procedures, and associated federal and private regulations and guidelines.
All individuals involved in the development and delivery of content for an accredited CE activity are required to disclose relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies occurring within the past 24 months (such as grants or research support, employee, consultant, stock holder, member of speakers bureau, etc.). UVA Health Continuing Education employs appropriate mechanisms to resolve potential conflicts of interest and ensure the educational design reflects content validity, scientific rigor and balance for participants. Questions about specific strategies can be directed to UVA Health Continuing Education at uvacme@uvahealth.org.
Disclosure of discussion of non-FDA approved uses for pharmaceutical products and/or medical devices
As a Joint Accreditation provider, UVA Health Continuing Education requires that all faculty presenters identify and disclose any off-label or experimental uses for pharmaceutical and medical device products. It is recommended that each clinician fully review all the available data on new products or procedures prior to clinical use.
Disclaimer
CE activities accredited by UVA Health Continuing Education are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Learners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgment before making clinical decisions of any kind. Learners are not authorized to copy, modify, reproduce, re-publish, sub-license, sell, upload, broadcast, post, transmit or distribute any of the course materials.