As a CME Provider accredited by the ACCME, Tennessee Medical Association (TMA) only certifies activities for AMA PRA Category 1 credit in which the content is based on the educational needs of physicians, rigorous scientific evidence from research or the clinical experience of experts, and was developed independently of commercial influences.
ACCME guidelines require that anyone who is in a position to develop or contribute to the development of the content must disclose to the participants in a continuing education activity any relevant financial relationships with any proprietary entity that produce, markets to, re-sells or distributes healthcare good or services used on or to patients. If financial relationships are present, ACCME guidelines require that an individual who has the financial relationships demonstrate that the information used in the role(s) identified above is based on the educational needs of physicians, rigorous scientific evidence from research or the clinical experience of experts, and was developed independently of commercial influences. ACCME guidelines stipulate that anyone who does not provide the information requested on this form before his or her role in a Continuing Education activity begins, must not be permitted to participate.