Annual Compliance Education FY2025

NEEDS STATEMENT

There is a need to address the lack of knowledge regarding conflicts of interest that can occur in a health sciences institution, including financial interests that may conflict with decision-making related to patient care or independence in research. According to the American Medical Association (AMA), physicians should not provide wasteful and unnecessary treatment that may cause needless expense solely for the physician’s financial benefit or for the benefit of a hospital or other health care organization with which the physician is affiliated. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid reported an agency record 176 self-disclosures in 2023 with settlements totaling over $12 million with regards to Stark Law violations. The AMA also notes that minimizing and mitigating conflicts of interest in clinical research is imperative if the medical community is to justify and maintain trust in the medical research community. This education aims to provide updated knowledge, resources for increasing competence, and access to tools BCM has created to help identify these conflicts and properly report them.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Physicians, Fellows, Residents, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Assistants, Nurses

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of the activity, participants should be able to:

  • Recognize the importance of identifying and reporting possible conflicts of interest to maintain professional integrity.
  • Identify the types of conflicts of interest that may arise and their potential implications.
  • Describe the process of reporting any conflicts of interest.

EDUCATIONAL METHODS

Education Module, including interview videos

EVALUATION

Evaluation by questionnaire will address program content, presentation, and possible bias.

ACTIVITY DIRECTOR

Ashley Tohill, CPC, COC - ashley.tohill@bcm.edu

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
08/19/2024
Course expires: 
01/31/2025
Rating: 
5
Virtual
Houston, TX
United States

DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMERCIAL INTERESTS

DISCLOSURE POLICY

Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education (CME) for physicians. BCM is committed to sponsoring CME activities that are scientifically based, accurate, current, and objectively presented. 

In accordance  with  the  ACCME  Standards for  Commercial Support, BCM has  implemented a mechanism requiring everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity (i.e., directors, planning committee members, faculty) to disclose any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests (drug/device companies) and manage/resolve any conflicts of interest prior to the activity.  Individuals must disclose to participants the existence or non-existence of financial relationships at the time of the activity or within 24 months prior.

In addition, BCM has requested activity faculty/presenters to disclose to participants any unlabeled use or investigational use of pharmaceutical/device products; to use scientific or generic names (not trade names) in referring to products; and, if necessary to use a trade name, to use the names of similar products or those within a class. Faculty/presenters have also been requested to adhere to the ACCME’s validation of clinical content statements.

BCM does not view the existence of financial relationships with commercial interests as implying bias or decreasing the value of a presentation. It is up to participants to determine whether the relationships influence the activity faculty with regard to exposition or conclusions.  If at any time during this activity you feel that there has been commercial/promotional bias, notify the Activity Director or Activity Coordinator.  Please answer the questions about balance and objectivity in the activity evaluation candidly. 

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

ACCREDITATION/CREDIT DESIGNATION

Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baylor College of Medicine designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
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Thank you for completing the Annual Compliance Education. Select "Take Course" to start the evaluation and credit claim for this activity. This credit opportunity is intended for physician learners seeking AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM; however, all healthcare professionals may claim a participation credit if desired. Please expect to set up a Division of Continuing Professional Development (DCPD) profile before you begin, if you do not already have one.