B O O K - American College of Rheumatology

CERTIFICATES OF CME CREDIT
OR PARTICIPATION
Accreditation Statement: The American College of
Rheumatology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing
medical education for physicians.
Statement of Designation: The ACR designates this educational
activity for a maximum of 48.5 AMA PRA Category 1 credits.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the
extent of their participation in the activity.
International Physicians: International physicians who register
as part of a group and require AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s),
must provide the following information to your tour leader: full
name, mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail
address. The information will be used to verify your meeting
attendance.
Health Professional participants may claim hours to receive a
Certificate of Participation for an activity designated for AMA
PRA Category 1 Credit(s) credit.
For non-CME sessions, attendees may also request a certificate
of participation.
MEETING EVALUATIONS, CME CREDIT/
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
Computers are available for you to complete your CME/
Certificate of Participation application and meeting evaluation
form online during the meeting. In addition, you can complete
the evaluation and print your certificate after you return home.
If you are an international physician and require a Certificate
of Attendance, this is enclosed in your meeting bag. If your
country recognizes AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) TM in
accordance with AMA PRA requirements, please complete a
meeting evaluation and CME application.
Your evaluation of the meeting is very important. The ACR/
ARHP annual meeting planning committees use feedback from
attendees to assist in the development of future educational
activities; therefore, we encourage you to complete your
evaluation and CME/Certificate application online.
Conflict of Interest/Disclosure Statements
As an educational provider accredited by the Accreditation
Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the
American College of Rheumatology must ensure balance,
independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its
educational activities. Therefore, all speakers and moderators
participating in an ACR-sponsored activity are required to
disclose to the planning committee and audience any financial
or other relationships including, but not limited to:
None: Nothing to disclose
1. Stock, stock options or bond holdings in a for-profit
corporation or self-directed pension plan
2. Research grants
3. Employment (full or part-time)
4. Ownership or partnership
5. Consulting fees or other remuneration (payment)
6. Non-remunerative positions of influence such as officer,
board member, trustee or public spokesperson
7. Receipt of royalties
8. Speakers’ bureau
9. Other
Speakers, moderators and abstract authors submitted their
disclosure online prior to publication. Disclosures for invited
speakers are listed in the indices by presenters’ last name.
Abstract author disclosures are published online and in a
supplement to the October issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism.
Disclosures for the Late-Breaking abstracts are published
online and in the December issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism.
Any individual who refuses to disclose relevant financial
relationships will be disqualified from being a planning
committee member, a presenter, an author of a CME
activity, and cannot have control of, or responsibility for, the
development, management, presentation or evaluation of the
CME activity.
ACR Disclosure Policy
It is the policy of the American College of Rheumatology to
ensure that its CME activities are independent and free of
commercial bias.
To ensure content objectivity and balance, and guarantee that
the content presented is in the best interest of its learners
and the public, the ACR requires that everyone in a position
to control content disclose all relevant financial relationships
with any commercial interest if the relationship is financial and
occurred within the past 12 months. If there are relationships
that create a conflict of interest, these must be resolved in
accordance with the ACR’s CME Resolution of Conflict policy
prior to the participation of the individual in the development
or presentation of CME content.
COPYRIGHT MATERIALS POLICY
The annual meeting is not a public event. Programs presented
at the meeting are for the education of attendees and
purchasers of recorded presentations as authorized by the
ACR. The information and materials displayed and presented
during this meeting are the property of the American College of
Rheumatology and the presenter and cannot be photographed,
copied, photocopied, transformed to electronic format,
reproduced, or distributed without written permission of the
American College of Rheumatology and the presenter. Any
use of the program content for commercial purposes, which
includes, but is not limited to oral presentations, audiovisual
materials used by speakers, and program handouts without
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2010 Program Book