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In accordance with the Standards for Commercial Support of Continuing Medical Education (SCS) of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME ), the Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation adopts the following policy:
- The Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation fully supports and adopts the ACCME SCS.
- CME activities provided by the Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation will normally use the Dannemiller Foundation's Letter of Agreement for all CME activities. If approved by the Executive Director, on a case-by-case basis, a commercial supporter's form may be used if it complies with ACCME SCS. The Executive Director or Chief, CME Department must be directly involved in the contractual process between the Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation and the commercial support company.
- All continuing medical education activities sponsored by the Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation shall provide for an in-depth presentation that is independent, balanced, objective and scientifically rigorous.
- The Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation is solely responsible for the administration, content, quality and integrity of all continuing medical education activities.
- In accordance with ACCME Essential Areas and policies, the Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation must be totally responsible for all decisions on key components of activity development, including the development of activity goals and objectives, promotional material, text content, faculty approval and guidance, activity evaluation, and issuance of certificates.
- In accordance with SCS Section 8a, the Dannemiller Foundation will not use funds originating from the commercial supporter for social events that are not in conformance with the Policy on Social Events at CME Activities. Guests will not be invited.
- The Dannemiller Memorial Educational Foundation is solely responsible for the quality, content and utilization of instructional materials or post-activity documents that are prepared with the support of outside organizations (joint sponsors).
- Activities that provide information in whole or in part related to non-FDA approved uses for drug products and/or devices must disclose when an unlabeled use of a commercial product, or an investigational use not yet approved for any purpose is discussed. Faculty are required to disclose to the audience that the product is not labeled for the use under discussion or that the product is still investigational.
- Acknowledgment will be made of any outside organization providing financial support for any component of an educational activity.
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