Accreditation
Disclosure slide for oral presenters
Speakers delivering oral presentations at EUNOS 2024 are required to clearly disclose any possible interactions they may have with parties in the pharmaceutical or medical devices industry, prior to their presentation. A standard disclosure slide, based upon the guidelines of CGR, is developed for this purpose.
Please note, these guidelines have been developed by the KNMG and the CGR in consultations with the IGZ (Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate). Visit the website of CGR for more information about the format of disclosure of speaker’s interests.
Explanatory notes
Under the rules on pharmaceutical advertising (the Dutch Medicines Act (Policy Rules on Inducements) and the Code of Conduct of the CGR) every speaker during a refresher training meeting should be transparent with regard to his/her relations with the industry. The Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate (the “IGZ”) has found during an investigation into the level of compliance with the advertising rules during refresher training for medical specialists (November 2012) that speakers are insufficiently complying with their obligation to disclose their ties with the industry prior to their presentation. The IGZ has announced that it will actively monitor the disclosure of ties between speakers and pharmaceutical companies. In order to help speakers comply with their obligation to be transparent with regard to their ties during refresher training, the KNMG and the CGR have developed this format for a disclosure sheet after consultations with the IGZ. The format links up with existing obligations to disclose (financial) ties with the industry, such as the Dutch Code to Prevent Inappropriate Influence due to Conflicting Interests prepared by the KNAW/KNMG (to be further referred to as: the KNAW Code), the rules on transparency in the Code of Conduct of the CGR (Chapter 7) and the publication of clinical trials in the Dutch Trial Register. The format developed by the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) has also been looked at. Speakers are expected to show a disclosure sheet in accordance with this format (if necessary, in their own layout) before they start their actual presentation. The audience should be able to familiarise themselves with the content of the disclosure sheet. The disclosure sheet must also be part of the handouts of the presentation and will also be used when reviewing the refresher training for accreditation purposes. The various fields of the disclosure sheet will be explained in more detail below.