Accreditation

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, approved by the University of Toronto (13 credits).

American Medical Association

Through an agreement between the American Medical Association and the Committee on Accreditation of Continuing Medical Education of The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, the Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto designates this educational activity for a maximum number of 13 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Letters of Accreditation/Attendance

Letters of accreditation/attendance will be available online following the conference. Participants will be e-mailed information approximately two weeks after completion of the course specifying how to obtain their letters online.

Faculty Disclosure

It is the policy of University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Continuing Education and Professional Development to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its individually accredited or jointly accredited educational programs. Speakers and/or planning committee members, participating in University of Toronto accredited programs, are expected to disclose to the program audience any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest that may have a direct bearing on the subject matter of the continuing education program. This pertains to relationships within the last FIVE (5) years with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or other corporations whose products or services are related to the subject matter of the presentation topic. The intent of this policy is not to prevent a speaker with a potential conflict of interest from making a presentation. It is merely intended that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of facts. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker's outside interests may reflect a possible bias in either the exposition or the conclusions presented.