The ACCME received a complaint about a live CME activity. One faculty member was listed as having nothing to disclose; however, the complainant claimed that the person did indeed have relevant financial relationships with a...
Standard 2.3
Saturday, October 22, 2011
In its self-study report, performance-in-practice files, and interview, the provider demonstrates that it identifies relevant financial relationships of faculty. However, the provider does not identify relevant financial...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Both in the self-study report and the activity files reviewed, the evidence demonstrates that all persons in control of content, including planners and staff, for example, do not consistently disclose the presence or absence of...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
For its test-item writing activities, the provider did not demonstrate the implementation of a mechanism to identify and resolve conflicts of interest for all persons in control of content, including for example, all faculty,...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The provider describes a mechanism to resolve conflicts of interest, but the implementation of a mechanism to resolve conflicts of interest was not consistently documented in the activities reviewed. In addition, evidence was not...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The information submitted describes a planning process that clearly delineates the roles and responsibilities of the provider, its planners and faculty. The provider ensures that there is no control or input from commercial...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The provider did not have evidence of consistently implementing a mechanism to resolve conflicts of interest when persons in control of content reported relevant financial relationships. The only evidence provided was an...
Friday, February 18, 2011
The ACCME received a letter regarding an enduring material offered by an accredited provider in joint sponsorship with a nonaccredited provider. The topic of the activity was XYZ disease management. The complainant expressed...
Yes . Resolving conflicts of interest means individuals taking explicit actions prior to the educational activity to create CME content that is valid and free of commercial...
The ACCME considers financial relationships to create actual conflicts of interest in CME when individuals have both a financial relationship with a commercial interest and the opportunity to affect...
On September 28, 2004, ACCME announced its adoption of the "2004 Updated ACCME Standards for Commercial SupportSM," effective for all CME activities after May 2005.
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Yes. Please keep in mind that these are only suggested mechanisms. Each provider will want to design and adopt a mechanism that works best for its structure and type of activities. The intent of the Updated...
Understanding the Role of CME Planners
After evaluating over 300 accredited providers, using the 2006 Accreditation Criteria, we find that about 50% of providers are out of compliance with one of the Criteria one through fifteen, requiring a Progress Report. The...
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...
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 provider develops activities/educational interventions independent of commercial interests. (SCS 1, 2, and 6).
This presentation is a resource to help accredited providers raise awareness and educate individuals on ACCME’s Updated Standards for Commercial Support. Providers may find the presentation useful when providing training to staff,...
What follows is an example of how several tactics can be tied together by the Provider into a mechanism to resolve conflicts of interest that could demonstrate the Provider's compliance with the...
If the content of CME that the employee of the commercial interest controls relates to the business lines and products of its employer - NO.
If the content of CME that the employee of the commercial interest controls DOES...
Informed learners are the final safeguards in assuring that a CME activity is independent from commercial influence. Regarding personal conflicts of interest, CME providers are to have in place mechanisms to identify and resolve...
No. If there is any relevant financial relationship, there is a conflict of interest. A mechanism to resolve conflicts of interest must be implemented in all such cases.
The provider must have implemented a mechanism to identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to the education activity being delivered to learners.
The ACCME offers this document as an example of a template for providers. With modification it could be used for teachers, authors and members of planning committees. It offers the provider the opportunity to be explicit about the...
ACCME has never recommended withholding CME credit at the last minute as an alternative to producing CME that is in compliance with accreditation requirements. It does not seem fair to the physician learners. Assuming that in this...
YES. The provider always has the option to exclude some presentations or abstracts from their accredited program of CME or present this content in a track that is outside of but in conjunction with accredited CME. This option also...