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Standard 2 applies to all accredited continuing education.

Accredited continuing education must protect learners from commercial bias and marketing.

1. The accredited provider must ensure that all decisions related to… More

Providers should ensure that the hosting platform is not an ineligible company, and will not:

• Track or manage learner information without the learners’ permission.
• Use learner information for subsequent targeted advertising without learners’ permission.
• Permit the… More

One method that providers have used successfully within social media-assisted accredited education is to start the conversation with a post that requests any employees or owners of ineligible companies to leave, or if not to identify themselves and not to participate in any conversation related… More

Introduction

The Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) is pleased to invite you to participate in a call for comment about the delivery of accredited education via online and social media platforms. As platforms for delivering CME online have proliferated, ACCME… More

No. Nonaccredited education (or sessions) as described in the question, would not need to be separated from accredited education by 30-minute intervals because those sessions are not “controlled by ineligible companies or include individuals with unmitigated, relevant financial relationships.”… More

Yes. Distributing promotional materials for accredited education such as save the date announcements and brochures, is not prohibited by the ACCME's Standards for Integrity and Independence.  

Note that Standard 5.3 prohibits ineligible companies from providing access to (such as a link… More

Per Standard 5.2b, when offering online activities, providers must ensure that any marketing for the products of ineligible companies may not be presented to learners before, during or after an accredited activity.  Therefore, a “sidebar” or banner that includes marketing or promotion should not… More

The ACCME is aware of the changes to the codes of conduct that have been introduced by MedTech Europe, AdvaMed, and APACMed, organizations that represent the device manufacturing industry. Beginning in 2018, the … More

The accredited provider is expected to explain to learners that you intend to share their information with an ineligible company. You can do that at registration; however, the learner must have the ability to opt out and still register for your activity. The consent… More

The nature of the relationship means the role they play or service they provide in exchange for some form of compensation from an ineligible company (e.g., independent contractor including contracted research, consulting, promotional speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or… More