As the Organiser of an educational activity, you must do the following:
- identify and mitigate relevant financial relationships for all individuals involved in the control of the educational content
- disclose to learners the presence or absence of relevant financial relationships for all persons in control of content, before the learner engages in the education
- disclose to learners the name(s) of any company that gave commercial support, and the nature of the support e.g. ‘in-kind’, prior to learners engaging in the education
- inform learners of who is responsible for the CPD activity and its accreditation
- ensure that all speakers include a slide on declaration of financial support received in the previous 24 months related/relevant to the topic of the event
- ensure that all promotional/non-accredited activity is confined to the exhibition area. If there is no separate exhibition area, this activity cannot take place within 30 minutes before or after the accredited education activity.
- keep a record of the amount or kind of commercial support received and how it was used
- provide evidence of attendance to all those who participated in the activity
- keep a record of all those who participated in the activity for a period of 2 years after the date the activity took place. Organisers may be asked to provide a copy of this record in the future
- retain all activity files/records of CPD activity planning and implementation for a period of 2 years from the date of the activity
- provide a means for attendees to give post-event feedback about
- Improvements in knowledge, skills, competencies during and/or after the accrd activity
- Intent to change during and/or after the accredited activity
- Improvements in learner performance (where applicable)
- Changes in patient health status (where applicable)
- Submit a ‘Post Event Survey’ no later than 3 weeks after the activity has taken place. A once-off link will be provided where Organisers can complete a survey
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