Thank you for agreeing to serve as a faculty/speaker at an AANA designated CME activity.

When you accept this invitation as well as the roles and responsibilities associated with your activity, it is important to comply with the speaker guidelines and conduct of the Arthroscopy Association of North America.

You also agree to adhere to AANA’s professional standards and demonstrate a professional manner during all assigned activities.

This agreement is designed to help you understand AANA’s requirements and provide information about presenting CME material in addition to granting AANA approval for capturing of your presentation for future educational use. 

Faculty/Speaker Guidelines for CME Presentations

As an accredited provider of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), AANA must ensure that all CME programs meet all ACCME Essential Elements and Guidelines while maintaining the highest standards and expectations of its audience. Listed below are faculty/speaker guidelines to assist you in developing the highest quality educational content and materials. These guidelines also ensure compliance to the AANA’s CME policies.

As it is essential for the Arthroscopy Association of North America to maintain its ACCME accreditation, all presenters must review and acknowledge the following guidelines regarding potential bias and/or conflict of interest prior to uploading their presentation(s):

Disclosure of Interest(s)
All presenters need to make sure their disclosures are up to date at the AAOS Orthopaedic Disclosure Program. http://www.aaos.org/disclosure

Mandatory Speaker Disclosure Slide
AANA requires presenters to project their mandatory financial disclosure on the second slide of their presentation for a minimum of 3 seconds. The slide must name any relevant financial relationships and the nature of the relationship (i.e. Paid Consultant, Stock options, Employee, etc.). Presenters must also indicate if their presentation contains any off-label or investigational use information.

Presentation Guidelines
Presentations for CME credit must be free of commercial bias/conflict. All presentations must avoid inappropriate visual and spoken content.

Please find below a list of common presentation errors to avoid:

• Slides with company names and/or logos
• Presentations using Company slides and/or videos
• Verbal or visual use of Company named procedures
• Proprietary names of equipment. For example:
  • "flip cutter" instead of retrograde drill
  • "endobutton" instead of cortical button
  • "Scorpion" instead of suture passing device
• Patient photos with identifying features (e.g. visible face or tattoos)
  • Exception is if signed release is obtained from patient
• Sexually, ethnically, politically, or ethically inappropriate slides or comments

Please note that if multiple (three or more) proprietary products, Company names/logos, or procedures are listed as options within a presentation, then no bias/conflict is perceived as multiple companies are represented.

AANA realizes that presentations are prone to last minute modifications to provide the most updated information and to that end, additional review for potential conflicts/bias will also be evaluated by speaker monitors as well as participant evaluations at the event. However, it is the ultimate responsibility of each presenter to ensure that their presentation is compliant with ACCME guidelines. Failure to comply with the above may result in the withdrawal of this or future activity participation if deemed appropriate by the AANA Education Committee.

Presentation Content/Capture

As faculty/speaker, I confirm that I have obtained all the necessary patient consents for use of my material for continuing medical educational purposes and as such no liability is transferred to AANA.

As faculty/speaker, I grant AANA a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free license to:

• Record the presentation(s), including without limitation on videotape, audiotape and digitally and as a written transcript.
• Publish, distribute and/or broadcast your presentation, in whole or in part, in any present or future medium, including without limitation in print, on CD-ROM, on DVD, on videotape, on audiotape, via the World Wide Web, and as part of an electronically searchable database, and sublicense to any third parties any of the rights granted to AANA in this agreement.
• AANA will not change the content of the presentation without permission and will ensure that any dissemination of presentation by AANA acknowledges myself as the author. This agreement does not prohibit me from using my presentation in any other manner.

Certifying that no part of the presentation infringes upon any copyright or other intellectual property or proprietary right of any third parties have obtained appropriate permission to use any portion of the presentation(s) of which I am not the author, and to grant the rights described above have not previously disposed of any of the rights granted to AANA in this agreement with respect to such third party material.

Handouts

Handouts are highly valued by participants because they reinforce and clarify verbal information and aid recall. Some things to consider when preparing handouts:

• You agree that any necessary permissions for sharing your handout for the purpose of AANA education have been obtained by you.
• If you elect to provide a text-based handout, bullet-point form is more effective than paragraphs.
• Include important ideas and significant information from your presentation.
• Copyright guidelines apply to all educational materials. AANA reserves the right to edit material that will contravene copyright.

I have read all the policy, guidelines and instructions provided to me in the speaker agreement, and I agree to these instructions and guidelines as faculty for the AANA CME programs.

I understand that I must complete the AANA disclosure form within 24 months of my presentation date. Failure or refusal to disclose might result in the withdrawal of the invitation.

All presentation materials should be HIPAA compliant. I agree to remove all patient identifiers or to obtain permission from the patient to include such material.

My presentation will not include any advertising such as product/brand names and logos. Institution logos (e.g., nonpharmaceutical/device manufacturer-related logos such as school/university, agency or association logos) are allowed.

If I am discussing specific health care products or services, I will use generic names to the extent possible. If I need to use trade names, I will use trade names from several related products, when available.

I will not include any references during my presentation, either in slides, in handouts or verbally, to any company or business venture for which I receive personal financial gain even if it is non-pharmaceutical/device manufacturer-related.

I will not accept payment from a commercial entity for my travel or participation associated with AANA desginated CME activities.

I will ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in the planning and development of my presentation.

I will support content with the best evidence available from all sources and will not promote a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.

I understand that it is suggested that I inform attendees if I plan to discuss or reference investigational or off-label use of therapeutic agents or products.

I grant AANA a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free license to record, publish, distribute and/or broadcast my presentation.

Questions? Email info@aana.org.