If you are speaking at one of our upcoming CME events, or planning a CME activity, please complete your requirements below.
*Note - it is acceptable to include references within your presentation and not upload them separately here.
Disclosure:MECOP requires that all speakers, faculty and planners complete a Disclosure Statement so that relevant relationships with ineligible companies are identified and any potential conflicts of interest are resolved prior to the CME program.
Please note that MECOP defines “relevant” as any relationship/dollar amount in the past 24 months. An ineligible company is any entity that produces, markets, re-sells, or distributes health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. Examples of financial relationships include employee, researcher, consultant, advisor, speaker, independent contractor (including contracted research), royalties or patent beneficiary, executive role, and ownership interest. Individual stocks and stock options should be disclosed; diversified mutual funds do not need to be disclosed. Research funding from ineligible companies should be disclosed by the principal or named investigator even if that individual’s institution receives the research grant and manages the funds.
MECOP does not imply that such relationships will prevent the speaker/committee member from making an unbiased presentation/decision. However, it is imperative that such relationships be identified so that MECOP can determine work to resolve any conflict(s) of interest, should one arise.