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CME Disclosure

Financial Relationships and Unapproved Uses Disclosures and Agreement for Educational Activities

In order to promote independence of continuing medical education (CME) from commercial interests and to separate promotion from education, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) requires that a provider of CME "be able to show that everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity has disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest to the provider." 1

  • ACCME defines relevant financial relationships as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months that create a conflict of interest. Financial relationships include "those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received or expected. ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner." 1
  • ACCME defines commercial interest as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients." 2

1 10/20/2004, Additional Questions and Answers regarding the Updated Standards for Commercial Support, www.accme.org
2 2007 Updated ACCME Standards for Commercial Support

Mark Davenport

In consideration for my being an educational contributor for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists I hereby agree as follows:

  • To disclose to the audience any relevant financial relationship with a commercial interest at the time of the program. This includes any change in relevant financial relationships with commercial interests that may occur between the signing of this statement and the time of my presentation. In the alternative, I will disclose to the audience that there are no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. I also recognize that if I refuse to disclose whether or not a relevant financial relationship exists, this could result in being excluded from participation in this event.
  • To disclose any unapproved or experimental use of a commercial product.
  • To abide by the ACOG Code of Professional Ethics and Statement of Values.
  • To notify ACOG immediately, if there has been any adverse action taken against my medical license in any jurisdiction, or if I am no longer certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inc. or any other certifying board.

Date: August 27, 2019