ACCME Content Validation Statement
All CNS CME activities must be compliant with the ACCME content validation statements:
- All the recommendations involving clinical medicine in a CME activity must be
based on evidence that is accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate
justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients.
- All scientific research referred to, reported or used in CME in support or justification
of a patient care recommendation must conform to the generally accepted standards
of experimental design, data collection and analysis.
- Providers are not eligible for ACCME accreditation or reaccreditation if they
present activities that promote recommendations, treatment or manners of practicing
medicine that are not within the definition of CME, or known to have risks or dangers
that outweigh the benefits or known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients.
Presentations must give a balanced view of therapeutic options. Use of generic names
will contribute to this impartiality. If the CME educational material or content
includes trade names, trade names from several companies should be used and not
just trade names from a single company. Educational materials that are part of a
CME activity such as slides, abstracts, and handouts cannot contain any advertising,
trade names without generic names (but listing of trade names from several companies
is permissible), or product-group advertising.
Any individual refusing to comply with this policy and/or not disclosing relevant
financial relationships on a timely basis will not participate in, have control
of, or responsibility for, the development, management, presentation, or evaluation
of CNS CME activities.