Can faculty take an active role in the provider's mechanism(s) to mitigate relevant financial relationships?
Yes. The ACCME considers faculty to be agents of the accredited provider. So, when the provider, after identifying that a financial relationship is relevant, directs teachers/authors to take actions to assist in the mitigation of relevant financial relationships, a provider's mechanism is implemented. The provider might then monitor the effectiveness of the actions taken by the teachers/authors to mitigate these relationships. Keep in mind that simply monitoring the CME content for commercial bias at the time of presentation is not an acceptable mitigation mechanism.
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