Disclosure of Faculty Financial Interests or Relationships
Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron
Continuing Medical Education
Focus on Technique: Laparoscopic Pediatric Hernia Repair
December 3, 2014
The potential for a conflict of interest may be considered to exist if a faculty member has any relevant interest or other relationship with the manufacturer of any commercial product discussed in her/his presentation.
As required by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), each speaker is required to complete a Speaker Disclosure Form which outlines any relationship the speaker has with any commercial company whose products he/she will be discussing. The prospective audience must be made aware of the affiliation/financial interest by an acknowledgment in the program or syllabus or in the faculty listing.
The intent of this policy is not to prevent a speaker from making a presentation. It is intended only that any potential conflict of interest should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts.
The following faculty indicated that they have relevant financial interest:
Todd Ponsky, MD (Planning Committee/Moderator) Consultant - TeleFlex
Speaker’s Bureau – Stryker Endoscopy
Stock Shareholder – GlobalCastMD
All speakers have returned their disclosure forms, indicating that they have no relevant financial interest in any pharmaceutical or medical device company and do not intend to discuss any off-label uses of medications or medical devices in their presentations.
Planning Committee Members:As a provider of the Ohio State Medical Association, it is the policy to require the disclosure of the existence of any financial interest a planning committee member has with either the commercial supports of this activity or the manufacturer(s) of any commercial products discussed, and when necessary, resolve any potential conflict
. All remainder planners have returned their disclosure forms, indicating that they have no relevant financial interest in any pharmaceutical or medical device company. TO COMPLETE YOUR EVALUATION GO TO:
http://cmetracker.net/CHMCA/Login?formname=getCertificate Or
www.akronchildrens.org/cme The CME Activity Code is: 3199
Please be aware that the evaluation period will remain open for 30 days post activity date as implemented by the Continuing Medical Educations subcommittee.
