Faculty Disclosure
Medical Media Communications is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

As an accredited sponsor of continuing medical education programs, Medical Media Communications must ensure that its educational activities, whether individually or jointly sponsored, are balanced, independent, objective, scientifically rigorous, and free of commercial bias. Therefore, we require that all faculty members comply with the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support of Continuing Medical Education (copy attached). Furthermore, each faculty member is required to disclose to activity participants (i.e., the audience) any significant financial interest or relationship he or she has with [1] the commercial supporters of the educational activity and [2] the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services that are discussed during the educational presentation(s).

“Significant financial interest” or “other relationship” can include grants or research support, employee, consultant, officer, trustee, stock or bondholder, member of scientific or advisory board, member of speaker’s bureau, etc.

The intent of disclosure is not to prevent a faculty member who has a significant financial interest in or other relationship with a commercial organization from making a presentation; rather, it is to provide audience members with information so they can make their own judgments about the presentations. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the audience to determine whether the financial interests or relationships of the faculty members have influenced the content of the presentations.

Medical Media Communications will release disclosure information to the audience before the presentations are given, in print form or otherwise.

Failure to disclose significant financial interests or other relationships with commercial organizations may preclude inclusion in continuing medical education activities sponsored by Medical Media Communications.