The American Burn Association recognizes that you are a life-long learner who has chosen to engage in continuing medical education to identify or fill a gap in knowledge or skill; and to attain or enhance a desired competency.
As part of ABA’s duty to you as a learner, you have the right to expect that your continuing medical education experience with ABA includes the following.
Content that:
- Promotes improvements or quality in healthcare
- Is current, valid, reliable, accurate and evidence-based
- Addresses the stated objectives or purpose
- Is driven and based on independent survey and analysis of learner needs, not commercial interests
- Has been reviewed for bias and scientific rigor
- Offers balanced presentations that are free of commercial bias
- Is vetted through a process that resolves any conflicts of interest of planners and faculty
- Is evaluated for its effectiveness in meeting the identified educational need
- A learning environment that:
- Is based on adult learning principles that support the use of various modalities
- Supports learners’ abilities to meet their individual needs
- Respects and attends to any special needs of the learners
- Respects the diversity of groups of learners
- Is free of promotional, commercial and/or sales activities
- Disclosure of:
- Relevant financial relationships that planners, teachers and authors have with commercial
- Interests related to the content of the activity
- Commercial support (funding or in-kind resources) of this activity