Overall Education Objectives
- Evaluate new, revised and standard-of-care treatment approaches for health conditions seen by family medicine physicians.
- Analyze how issues related to bias, discrimination, microaggressions, race and racism continue to act as barriers to a healthy and just society.
- Participate in an environment of peer networking and collaboration.
Designation
The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) designates this blended learning program for a maximum of 42.0 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report continuing medical education (CME) credits commensurate with the physician’s participation in this program.
ACOFP designates this blended learning activity for 42.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CME/Certificate of Attendance
To claim your CME certificate or your certificate of attendance, you will need to complete an evaluation and CME credit hour attestation by March 31, 2024.
Disclaimer
The information in this educational activity is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient’s medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this CME activity are those of the authors/faculty. They do not represent an endorsement by ACOFP. In no event will ACOFP be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this CME activity.
Conflict-of-Interest Policy
ACOFP is committed to providing quality, objective, balanced and scientifically rigorous continuing medical education activities that are free from commercial and non-commercial bias. In accordance with the rules of the AOA and ACCME, all convention planners, speakers, moderators and poster presenters are required to disclose any conflicts they may have prior to the activity. If bias, actual or perceived, occurs during a session, attendees are encouraged to address such bias during the question-and-answer period following and/or in the activity evaluation.
Annual convention contributors are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. Relationship types may include the following: employment, consultancy, equity ownership, research funding, honoraria, patents and royalties, speakers’ bureau, membership on an entity’s board of directors or advisory committee, and any other financial relationship.
ACOFP is required to review all disclosed relationships to determine which are relevant and then work with the applicable contributors to mitigate the relevant financial relationships. All relevant financial relationships will be disclosed prior to the start of the activity.
Grievance Policy
All grievances should be emailed to acofp@acofp.org with the title “Formal Grievance During ACOFP 2023 Annual Convention” and specify the nature of the grievance and any particulars. Initially, all grievances should be directed to the ACOFP CME Program Advisory Committee. The committee chair will review all grievances and discuss them with the full committee and issue a reply to the emailing party, carbon copying acofp@acofp.org.
If the participant does not receive a satisfactory response, they may then notify the AOA Bureau of Osteopathic Education of the AOA at: 142 E. Ontario St., Chicago, IL 60611-2864.