SDPC CME Policies and Procedures
To ensure the integrity and independence of our Continuing Medical Education (CME) activities, SDPC follows policies aligned with CMA standards.
Disclosure Requirements
All individuals in a position to influence the content of a CME activity are required to disclose any financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies from the past 24 months. An ‘ineligible company’ is any company whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Disclosures must be submitted to the SDPC CME Committee in advance of the activity to allow sufficient time for review and mitigation, if needed. Failure to submit a completed disclosure will disqualify an individual from participating in the planning, presentation, or evaluation of the CME activity.
Review and Mitigation Process
The SDPC CME Committee carefully reviews all disclosure forms to determine whether a relevant financial relationship exists. Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. Our goal is to ensure all CME activities are free from commercial bias and provide high-quality, evidence-based education.
- If no relevant financial relationships are disclosed, the individual is eligible to participate in the CME activity.
- If a relevant financial relationship is disclosed, the CME Committee will determine the appropriate steps to ensure that individuals with relevant financial relationships do not introduce commercial bias into content. This includes addressing relationships before individuals assume their roles—tailoring the approach based on whether the individual is a planner or faculty—and documenting all mitigation efforts.
- Additionally, all relevant financial relationships must be disclosed to learners: Prior to engaging with the accredited education, learners must be informed of the names of all individuals with relevant financial relationships, the names of the ineligible companies involved (identified by name only, without logos or product references), the nature of those relationships, and a statement confirming that all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
Questions: Please contact the SDPC CME Committee at: cme@sdpsychoanalytic.org