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College of Medicine (4policies)
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College of Medicine (4 policies)
Policy Name: Recently Signed 3364-81-12-206-01 CME Activity planning process
Description: (Minor/technical revision of existing policy) Specific planning processes and organizational criteria must be followed when presenting a CME activity approved for Category 1 AMA PRA credit. All activities must be planned and implemented with the full knowledge of the UT CME Director or Associate Dean.
Scope: UT Faculty, Staff, Students and Joint Sponsors
Comment Period: October 28, 2009 – November 30, 2009
Comment on this policy: CME Activity planning process
Policy Name: Recently Signed 3364-81-12-206-02 Honorarium policy
Description: (Minor/technical revision of existing policy) Provides for specific procedures that must be followed when planning and administering category 1 AMA PRA approved activities that reimburse expenses and pay honoraria to faculty.
Scope: UT faculty, staff, students and joint sponsors
Comment Period: October 28, 2009 – November 30, 2009
Comment on this policy: CME Honorarium policy
Policy Name: Recently Signed 3364-81-12-206-03 Guidelines for commercial support-educational grants
Description: (Minor/technical revision of existing policy) Provides for specific procedures that must be followed when planning and administering category 1 AMA PRA approved activities that receive commercial support funding. All commercial support associated with a continuing medical education (CME) activity must be given with the full knowledge and approval of The University of Toledo Center for Continuing Medical Education.
Scope: UT faculty, staff, students and joint sponsors
Comment Period: October 28, 2009 – November 30, 2009
Comment on this policy: Guidelines for commercial support-education grants
Policy Name: Recently Signed 3364-81-12-206-04 Conflict of interest and disclosure (CME)
Description: (Major revision of existing policy) UT-CME requires that the content of continuing medical education activities and related materials provide balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor. Provides a procedure for independence from proprietary entities in the planning, designing, delivering and evaluating category 1 AMA PRA approved CME activities.
Scope: UT faculty, staff, students and joint sponsors
Comment Period: October 28, 2009 – November 30, 2009
Comment on this policy: Conflict of interest and disclosure (CME)
Description: (Major revision of existing policy) The revised policy combines elements from the former UT and MUO policies. There are two principal changes in the new policy. There is an expanded definition of what constitutes misconduct in the pursuit of research and scholarship. Second, the investigation procedures have been changed to increase confidentiality and to give the provosts and president a role in the process.
Scope: all University of Toledo campuses
Comment period: October 22, 2009 – December 4, 2009
Comment on this policy: 3364-70-21
Recommendation to rescind a policy
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