Conflict of Interest Disclosure Guidelines

Our programs are jointly sponsored by the Center for Continuing Education, Tulane University Health Sciences Center. All educational activities are implemented in accordance with the ACCME's Essential Areas and Policies to ensure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor.

• The COI Disclosure and Resolution Guidlines comply with the ACCME's 2004 Standards of Commercial Support. The 2004 SCS describe six Standards: (1) independence (2) resolution of personal conflicts of interest (3) appropriate use of commercial support (4) appropriate management of associated commercial promotion (5) content and format without commercial bias and (6) disclosures relevant to potential commercial bias. These updated Standards underscore continued voluntary self-regulation by the CME community, ensuring that physicians have opportunities to engage in commercially unbiased life-long learning facilitated by accredited providers. The purpose of this policy is twofold: [1] to establish guidelines and a mechanism for identifying and resolving conflicts of interest in CME educational activities as required in Standard 2, and [2] to be consistent with Tulane University’s institutional policy for resolving conflicts of commitment and interest. 

• Any real or apparent conflicts of interest related to the content of the presentation must be resolved prior to the presentation.

• You are required to inform your audience, if applicable, of your Conflict of Interest and Off Label disclosure information both verbally, from the podium and visually, on a slide at the beginning of your presentation (click here to see a sample). Although COI resolution is NOT required for discussions of off-label, experimental or investigational use of drugs or devices, disclosure must be identified on the disclosure form and made known to the audience.  Also, verbally inform the audience if you have documented that you  have no financial relationships to disclose.
  

• Disclosure information will be compiled by the PAS and distributed to the meeting attendees onsite.

To ensure that the content of your presentation promotes improvements or quality in healthcare and avoids evidence of product bias, we ask you to follow the PAS/Tulane CCE's Policy and Procedure for Identifying and Resolving Conflicts of Interest (COI) - (http://www.pas-meeting.org/2008%20Honolulu/CME/CMEPolicy.asp). Please pay special attention to the definition of terms in assessing your disclosure.

Please visit the PAS COI website and log in using the user name and password, provided separately.

Please email questions to COI_info@pas-meeting.org or call the PAS Program office at 281-419-0052.

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Last Updated: September 19, 2007