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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. MEC is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Faculty Disclosure Statement: The Medical Educator Consortium (MEC) adheres to the ACCME Standards for Commercial Support. All persons that will be in a position to control the content of the CME Activity are required to disclosure all relevant financial Relationships. Faculty disclosure forms outlining this information will be made available to all participants prior to educational Activity. MEC has also implemented a mechanism to identify and resolve all conflicts of interest prior to the education activity being delivered to learners. The source of all support from commercial interests will also be disclosed to learners prior to the beginning of the educational activity.

MEC has implemented a process where everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity has disclosed to us all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. In addition, should it be determined that a conflict of interest exists as a result of a financial relationship you may have, this will need to be resolved prior to the activity. Anyone refusing to disclose relevant financial relationships, will be disqualified from being a part of the planning and implementation of this CME activity and/or presentations will be identified as NON CME.

MEC policies and procedures on reimbursement and in accordance with the Standards of Commercial Support, the faculty/presenter/moderators cannot accept any additional payments or reimbursements from any commercial interest for presenting CME activities for MEC. In addition, we draw your attention to the following,

Information for Learners: All presentations are based expected results, and purpose or objectives will be provided to learners by MEC. These have been framed in terms of physician change or health status improvement which is in keeping with our CME mission.

Content Validation: MEC expects that all of its CME program will adhere to the ACCME’s content validation value statements. Specifically, all the recommendations involving clinical medicine in a CME activity must be based on evidence that is accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients. All scientific research referred to, reported or used in CME in support or justification of a patient care recommendation must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection and analysis.

Safeguards Against Commercial Bias: MEC expects that the content or format of CME activities and related materials will promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine may use AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ from this course towards AOA category 2 towards their relicensing. Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine are required to have 120 credit hours every 3 years, 30 hours in category 1 AOA and 90 hours in either Category 1 or 2 AOA. Please contact your state relicensing for specific State requirements. For more information from the American Osteopathic Association log on to their website at www.osteopathic.org.

Chiropractic

Continuing Education is co-sponsored by Palmer College of Chiropractic. Up to 12 hours of CE is available in select states. Questions regarding state approvals may be directed to the Palmer Continuing Education Department at: 800-452-5032

Nurses:

Approved for 12 CE credits by the California Board of Registered Nursing.

Optometrists:

Qualified for 12 credits by the Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (COPE).

All other health professionals may individually submit course materials to their Professional Boards for Continuing Education credits.