title: Continuing medical education and industry support.
abstract: 1. Industry and faculty of continuing medical education programs must agree that any supported program is for scientific and educational purposes only and not to promote a company's products directly or indirectly. 2. The control of content and selection of presenters and moderators must be independent of the company and determined by the program director. 3. Faculty of continuing medical education programs must disclose any financial relationship they have with the sponsoring company. 4. Program content cannot be scripted or influenced in any way by industry. 5. Objectivity and balance must be perceived by the audience. This includes the presentation of favorable and unfavorable information and alternative treatments. 6. Incomplete data must be identified by the faculty. Oftentimes, much of what is presented at continuing medical education programs has not yet been published in peer-reviewed journals. This must be so indicated by the presenter, and it should be specified whether incomplete data is on-going research, analysis, preliminary data, or unsupported opinion. 7. Support from industry must be in the form of an educational grant with no strings attached.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Conti
mesh_terms: D004345:Drug Industry; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000191:economics*; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005378:Financial Support; D007221:Industry / Q000191:economics*