Just after these recent announcements, the FDA sent a letter to each manufacturer of long-acting and extended-release opioids. The letter detailed the manufacturers' responsibilities under REMS. A template of that letter is posted...
Accreditation Requirements
Monday, August 23, 2010
In 2002, the ACCME adopted special policy for Regularly Scheduled Series in healthcare institutions, in academic medical centers. Regularly Scheduled Series are what people call grand rounds. They’re the education by the physicians...
Friday, December 18, 2009
The ACCME requires accredited providers to understand the issues with knowledge or competence or performance that underlie a professional practice gap. Problems with knowledge, competence or performance that...
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Providers should always take the position that the ACCME’s Criteria shouldn’t limit them in what they’re doing, but should offer them the...
No. This stipulation implies a control of content and would be cause for Noncompliance with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support:...
No. Typically these cards contain only initial, preliminary information like the activity date and location. If more specific information is included, such as faculty and objectives, the accreditation statement must be included....
This allows the learners to distinguish between missing disclosure information and the circumstances where there is nothing to disclose.
Yes. Verbal disclosure to the provider is acceptable as long as the provider can verify for the ACCME at accreditation what information was collected for the conflict of interest identification and resolution processes.
Yes. The funds from commercial support may be used by the Provider to pay for the cost of the activity including for example, the distribution of certificates and other mailings, as required.
Yes. A Provider would not be out of compliance with the Standards for Commercial Support.
No. There is no reason for the CME provider to request suggestions for speakers or topics from commercial interests -- since it is unacceptable to act upon their suggestions. The ACCME believes that CME can receive...
No . "We read the content of each presentation, looking for commercial bias and content that is not supported by evidence" is a mechanism to identify commercial bias and invalid content but it does nothing to change...
- In journal-based CME there cannot be an advertisement within the pages of the article on which the activity is based. There can be advertisements between articles.
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For brochures, the ACCME does not have any rules or requirements for name placement, brochure content, cover design, interior layout, font size, or formatting. Brochure design and associated content are left to the provider's...
Examples of a "non-educational strategy to enhance or facilitate change as an adjunct to activities or educational interventions" would be, 1) implementing a mechanism to send reminders to participants following CME activities (e.g...
Yes. Scholarships for Residents and Fellows fall under the purview of other organizations' guidelines and standards (e.g., See the...
Yes. The ACCME publishes a library of Examples of Compliance and Noncompliance gathered during the course of the accreditation review process. Additionally, the Education section of the ACCME website...
Criterion 2 requires that the educational needs that underlie the professional practice gaps of learners be incorporated into the CME activities. However, the CME provider does not have to collect that needs...
No. The provider cannot delegate the responsibility for resolving the conflict of interest to the person with the conflict of interest. However, an individual who controls CME content can be involved...
The ACCME intends for the CME Provider to be the one to decide how much people are paid for their services as planners, faculty, and authors in CME activities.
ACCME-accredited providers must provide CME that contains content which falls within the definition of CME. The content of such CME must not promote recommendations, treatment or manners of practicing medicine that are known to...
No. Criterion 21 requires that the provider, "participates within a institutional or system framework for quality improvement", but does not specify the manner in which this is achieved. Criterion 21 is required to achieve...
In accredited CME, when an individual's interests are aligned with those of a commercial interest, the interests of the provider are in "conflict" with the interests of the public. The interests of the...
In March 2011, the ACCME modified the requirement for reporting in-kind commercial support, in response to feedback from accredited providers. Below is a description of how to report in-kind commercial support via the Program and...
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