STANDARDS FOR INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE IN ACCREDITED CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION.

We are pleased that you are participating in Scimple Education LLC’s CME activities. Scimple Education LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). As such, we are required to meet the ACCME’s expectations for our practice of continuing medical education and meet ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education Activities. We appreciate your help in partnering with us to follow accreditation guidelines and help us create high-quality education independent of industry influence.

PURPOSE
It is the policy of Scimple Education LLC to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its direct and joint provided educational activities. All participating faculty, course directors, and planning committee, reviewers’ members are required to disclose to the program audience any financial relationships related to the subject matter of continuing medical education (CME) activities/programs. Disclosure information is reviewed in advance in order to manage and mitigate any possible conflicts of interest. This information is necessary before taking the next steps in CME activity planning.

Scimple Education LLC follows the commitment of the ACCME to ensure that accredited continuing education (1) presents learners with only accurate, balanced, scientifically justified recommendations, and (2) protects learners from promotion, marketing, and commercial bias. Since healthcare professionals serve as the trusted authorities when advising patients, they must protect their learning environment from industry influence to ensure they remain true to their ethical commitments. Many healthcare professionals have financial relationships with ineligible companies. By identifying and mitigating relevant financial relationships, we work together to create a protected space to learn, teach, and engage in scientific discourse free from influence from organizations that may have an incentive to insert commercial bias into education.

PROCESS
After we receive your disclosure information, it will be reviewed it to determine whether your financial relationships are relevant to the education. Please note: the identification of relevant financial relationships does not necessarily mean that you are unable to participate in the planning and implementation of this educational activity. Rather, the accreditation standards require that all financial relationships are mitigated before you assume your role in this activity.
To help us meet these expectations, please complete this form to share all financial relationships you have had with ineligible companies during the past 24 months.

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* 1. Please enter the information below:

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* 2. ONE OR MORE ACTIVITIES YOU WILL BE PLANNING, REVIEWING AND/OR PRESENTING IN 2023

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* 3. YOU Agree on the DATES that Scimple Education LLC decides to be presented in 2023:

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* 4. Please indicate your role in planning activities (please check all that apply)

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* 5. Please disclose all financial relationships you have and/or had with ANY INELIGIBLE COMPANIES IN THE PAST 24 MONTHS.

The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Visit accme.org/standards for examples.

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