Disclosures for ALL presenterswill be entered in the locations specified within the annual conferencesystem. This is forinformational and planning purposes only.
Disclosure Information:
As an accredited providerof Continuing Medical Education for health professionals, The Institute forMedical Studies (IMS) through a Joint Sponsorship with ACRM is committed toproviding balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all itseducational activities. Accreditation policies require everyone with thepotential to influence the content of an educational activity to disclose allsignificant financial interests or other relationships with commercialinterests for a period of one (1) calendar year prior to the start of theeducational activity. This includes members of the immediate family. A"commercial interest" is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling,or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on,patients. "Significant financial interest" or other relationship caninclude such things as grants or research support, employee, consultant, majorstockholder, member of speaker’s bureau, etc. Relevant non-financial relationshipsare those relationships that might bias an individual including any personal,professional, political, institutional, religious or other relationship. Mayalso include personal interest or cultural bias.
Transparency:
Accordingto the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, all presenters mustdisclose financial and non-financial relationships for themselves or theirfamilies. Financial includes any compensation from an organization with aninterest in the topic and includes the organization you work for if you receivea salary. Nonfinancial includes any group, board, committee, association thatyou serve and is in any way related to or has an interest in the field of rehabilitation medicine.
Financial DisclosureStatement:
Includesplace(s) of employment, grants, type of affiliation/financial interest (e.g.,employee, speaker, consultant, principal investigator, grant recipient andenter name of the commercial interest.
Examples:
John Doe is the Director of Business Development at AcmeRehabilitation Hospital and receives a salary.
Please Enter Your Financial Disclosure Statement in thelocation provided within the annual conference system.
Non-Financial DisclosureStatement:
Listany organization you serve/volunteer that has an interest in the field of rehabilitation medicine and donot receive compensation.
Examples:
John Doe has no relevant nonfinancial relationships todisclose.
Jane Doe serves on the (board of directors, committees,etc.) of the (organization) and receives no compensation as a member of theboard of directors.
Please Enter Your Non-Financial Disclosure Statement in thelocation provided within the annual conference system.
Presentations that provide information, in whole or in part, related to non-FDA approved uses for drug products and/or devices must clearly acknowledge the unlabeled indications or the investigational nature of their proposed uses to the audience. Speakers must disclose their intent to discuss non-FDA approved uses for commercial products and/or devices.
NOTE: Unlabeled and Unapproved uses must be disclosed to learners before the start of your presentation.
- Yes, I intend to reference unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products in my presentation and I agree to disclose this information to the audience as required by accreditation guidelines.
- No, I do not intend to reference unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or products in my presentation.
(You will be able to select your intention in the space specified within the annual conference system.)
Tocomply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), weask that all program planners and instructional personnel insure the privacy oftheir patients/clients by refraining from using names, photographs, or otherpatient/client identifiers in course materials without the patient's/client'sknowledge and written authorization.
Pleaseindicate your agreement by providing your initials in the space specifiedwithin the annual conference system.