Accreditation
Disclosure Statement
The University of Tennessee College of Medicine is committed to providing CME that is balanced, objective, and evidence based. Individuals involved with planning, reviewing, and presenting content for this activity must disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies within the past 24 months, regardless of the amount. The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Financial relationships are relevant if the educational content an individual can control is related to the business lines or products of the ineligible company. Individuals must disclose regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. The UT College of Medicine, the CME staff, and Activity Director have taken appropriate steps to identify and mitigate relationships prior to the individuals assuming their roles.
12.75 CME / CEU credits provided
- AMA Credit Designation: The University of Tennessee College of Medicine (UTCOM) designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- Continuing Education for Non-Physicians: The UTCOM will issue Certificates of Participation to non-physicians for participating in this activity and designates it for CEUs using the national standard that 1 hour of educational instruction is awarded .1 CEU.
- Accreditation: The UTCOM is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Physician Assistants
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Creditâ„¢ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Â PAs may receive a maximum of 12.75 Category 1 credits for completing this activity.