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Commercial Support & CME Training Announced

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ACCME’s Standards for Commercial Support: Medical Association of Georgia and Vivacity Consulting Training

This training will be offered to State Providers in Georgia only.

Every year, the ACCME and Medical Association of Georgia report that many providers have trouble with Accreditation Criteria 7-10 Criterion 7 regarding the Standards for Commercial Support (SCS) – specifically SCS 2 and SCS6. In addition, as programs change and new activities are created, questions regarding the SCS sometimes arise. This webinar will provide an overview of the SCS, review common misconceptions and rumors, and discuss suggestions for implementing the SCS into your organization. We promise, this will not be Death by Webinar – we will incorporate polls and other interactivity into the training.

Tips and Tools for Ensuring Conflict-Free CME
June 5, 2013
2:00 pm EST

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to
– Identify areas of potential non-compliance within his/her organization and
– Utilize best practices/pearls in fulfilling ACCME/MAG Standards within his/her organization

Contact MAG  for additional information.

Vivacity Consulting is available to offer similar training to staff or volunteers at hospitals, medical schools, specialty societies, education companies, etc.  Please contact us.

CME Conflict of Interest FAQs

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Ensuring Conflict-Free CME

Recently, Good Samaritan Hospital (GSH) collaborated with Vivacity Consulting to develop a FAQ sheet regarding brand names, devices, commercial interests and certified CME.  The questions on the FAQ sheet resulted from CME conflict of interest queries by Course Directors, faculty and others.

(Please note: all GSH activities are subjected to GSH policies and procedures governing conflict of interest identification and resolution. This FAQ sheet is designed as an additional education tool to reinforce existing protocols.)

CME Conflict of Interest FAQs

 

Benchmark CME Reaccredited by the ACCME

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Vivacity Consulting client, Benchmark CME, has been resurveyed by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and awarded accreditation for four years as a provider of CME for physicians.

Accreditation by the ACCME assures both physicians and the public that the CME activities provided by Benchmark CME meet the high standards of the Essential Areas, Elements and Policies for Accreditation as specified by the ACCME. The ACCME rigorously evaluates the overall CME programs of institutions according to standards adopted by its seven sponsoring organizations: the American Board of Medical Specialties; the American Hospital Association; the American Medical Association; the Association for Hospital Medical Education; the Association of American Medical Colleges; the Council of Medical Specialty Societies; and the Federation of State Medical Boards of the U.S., Inc.

All physicians will interact with the legal system at some point in their career, but they do not receive training in medical school in this arena. Benchmark CME trains physicians in necessary medical-legal skills. Benchmark CME also provides joint sponsorship opportunities for non-accredited organizations.

Practice Gaps Manuscript Published in “Surgical Endoscopy”

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Erin Schwarz is named as an author on the recently published manuscript, “Practice Gaps in gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery (2011): a report from the Society of American Gastrointenstinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Continuing Education Committee”.  In the manuscript, we detail our analysis of survey data from attendees at the 2011 SAGES Annual Meeting.

Surgical Endoscopy subscribers can locate the article here, or contact Vivacity Consulting for additional information.