Managing Conflict of Interest
Mitigation is Critically Important
Mitigation is important because the stakes are so high. Physicians must be able to trust that the information they receive is based on the best available evidence, supports safe and effective patient care, and is not clouded by a monetary interest.
As a provider we must work with activity planners and presenters to ensure that all CME activities meet our clinical content validation policy:
- All the recommendations involving clinical medicine in a CME activity must be based on evidence that is accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients.
- All scientific research referred to, reported, or used in CME in support or justification of a patient care recommendation must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection and analysis.
- Activities cannot promote recommendations, treatment, or manners of practicing medicine that are not within the definition of CME, or known to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.
- Activities or programs devoted to advocacy of unscientific modalities of diagnosis or therapy cannot be certified for CME credit.