Presenter Guidelines and Policies
Presenter Guidelines and Policies:
ASRS expects that our content will always be:
- Free from commercial bias, marketing, and sales of any product or service
- Evidence based
- Balanced, with information on all therapeutic and management options
Compliance with the ASRS’ Content Validity Policies and Speaker Guidelines and Attestation is required for all participants of ASRS Continuing Medical Education Activities. By agreeing to participate as a speaker for ASRS, you are attesting that your presentation complies with ASRS and ACCME requirements.
Uploading presentations:
Lead authors will maintain complete control of content and upload presentations to a protected media server, hosted on behalf of ASRS by its vendor, Planstone. Prior to the meeting (late April), you will receive instructions from stacy.kiff@asrs.org with upload instructions.
Guidelines for developing presentations:
- Paper Specifications and Presentation Tips
- Paper On Demand (POD) Specifications
- Live Case Conference Specifications
- Case On Demand (COD) Specifications
- Poster Specifications: Both an e-poster and printed poster are required. Poster numbers will be posted on-line approximately one week prior to the meeting.
Other reference material:
Financial Disclosure PowerPoint Slides
Presenters are required to disclose both verbally and on the first presentation slide whether or not they have financial relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies. (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.") Please review a Sample Disclosure Slide for required information.
The National Faculty Education Initiative (NFEI) provides online training on the differences between Certified CME and Promotional Activities: http://www.nfeinitiative.org/. NFEI, developed by the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions and the Society for Academic CME, addresses the pressing need to make sure that faculty conflicts of interest are resolved when teaching in or authoring certified CME activities. This program will help faculty differentiate between requirements for certified CME activities and those for industry-sponsored promotional activities, the most notable being that certified CME must be current, evidence-based and presented in an objective, balanced manner. NFEI is a free resource to support the CME faculty community.
Notifications and deadlines
May 15, 2023
- Completed Film Festival video uploads
June 12, 2023
- Completed papers-on-demand and cases-on-demand
June 19, 2023
- Completed E-poster uploads
June 26, 2023
- Final Retina Case Conference slide decks