Abstract Background Professional medical associations (PMAs) have an essential role in
advancing medical care and health. PMAs promote skills training, clinical standards, and …

Continuing medical education (CME) is required for physician relicensing, recredentialing,
and recertification, and physicians often depend on CME to learn about new tests and …

Continuing medical education (CME) is expected to be intellectually rigorous, evidence-
based, and free from bias. CME financially supported by industry, however, has the potential …

Academic presentations in health professions continuing professional development (CPD)
often begin with a declaration of real or potential conflicts utilizing a three-slide template or a …

In this two-part series, we examine the role of industry and pain societies in two distinct
ways. In this first column, the ethical issue of industry conflict of interest in continuing medical …

Over the years, multiple reports and editorials have asserted that continuing
education/continuing medical education (CE/CME) that is funded by the pharmaceutical or …

The potential for bias in Continuing Medical Education (CME) programming is not a new
concept, as this issue has been debated numerous times and the overriding concern of such …

The relationship between industry and pain societies has been complicated by marketing
interests. Industry funding has promoted direct and indirect influence over thought leaders in …