New Tool: Flowchart for the Identification and Resolution of Resolving Personal COI

The ACCME developed a flowchart and prepared a tutorial to help navigate the identification of relevant financial relationships and the resolution of conflicts of interests in CME activities.

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It’s optional: Use of these resources is optional. Please note that the tutorial and flowchart do not address all of the expectations of ACCME requirements for independence from commercial interests. 

Ensuring Independence

ACCME expects accredited organizations to ensure independence by: 

1. Identifying relevant financial relationships between commercial interests and those who plan, teach, and implement CME
2. Resolving conflicts of interest that arise when those with relevant financial relationships with commercial interests have the opportunity to control CME content related to the products or services of those commercial interests
3. Disclosing to learners the (identified) relevant financial relationships for those in control of CME content prior to the educational activity or disclosing that there were no relevant financial relationships.

These expectations are laid out in Standards 1, 2, and 6 of ACCME’s Standards for Commercial Support: Standards to Ensure the Independence of CME Activities.

Click here to continue with the tutorial on the ACCME's website.