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A

AAMC

:

Association of Medical Colleges

http://www.aamc.org/

ACCME

:

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education  www.accme.org

Aden/o

:
gland

AHRQ

:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

C

carcin/o

:
malignant

card

:
heart

colo

:
large intestine

Commercial Interest

:
A “commercial interest” is defined as any proprietary entity producing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients with the exemption of non-profit or government organizations and non-health care related companies.

Commercial Support Influence

:
Speakers/authors are not permitted to receive any direct remuneration or gifts from the commercial supporter(s) of a CME activity nor should they receive direct input from a commercial entity regarding the content or in the preparation of the presentation(s).

Conflict of Interest

:

Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of commercial interest with which he/she has a financial relationship.

Content Validation

:
Speakers/authors are required to prepare fair and balanced presentations that are objective and scientifically rigorous. All clinical recommendations must be based on evidence accepted within the medical profession. All scientific research referred to, reported or used to support a clinical recommendation must conform to accepted standards of experimental design, data collection and analysis.

cyan/o

:
blue (cyanosis-bludeness may be due to cold or note enough oxygen in the blood)

cysto

:
bladder

D

dento

:
teeth

dermo

:
skin

Disclosure

:

Speakers/authors/planning committee members/content reviewers/USA CME staff must complete and submit the disclosure statement on the first page of this document prior to their involvement in planning or presenting/authoring a CME activity.  Speakers/authors/planning committee members/content reviewers/USA CME staff is required to disclose all financial relationships that they have with a commercial interest producing healthcare goods and services.

E

ectomy

:
to cut out (remove) - ie. appendectomy, tonsillectomy

encephalo

:
brain

entero

:
intestine

F

financial relationship

:

Those relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g. stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit. Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected.  ACCME considers relationships of the person involved in the CME activity to include financial relationships of a spouse or partner.

G

gastro

:
stomach

generic vs. trade name

:
Speakers/authors should use scientific or generic names when referring to products in their lectures or enduring materials. Should it be necessary to use a trade name, then the trade names of all similar products or those within a class should be used.

gingivo

:
gums

glossa / linguo

:
tongue - glossitis, lingual nerve

gram

:
the image (X-ray) - mammogram

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