Continuing Medical Education (CME) Credits

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the University of Alabama, School of Medicine and The Society of Medical Decision Making. The University of Alabama, School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Alabama, School of Medicine is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action institution.

The University of Alabama, School of Medicine designates
this educational activity for a maximum of 20.75 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s)™.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

There is a $25.00 processing fee for those attendees who wish to receive a CME Certificate for the SMDM Annual Meeting. Please check this option on your registration form.

Total possible CME Hours being offered at the annual meeting is 20.75. Please see the chart below for breakdown of CME hours available.

If you register for CME Processing you will receive a CME Credit Application on site. You will need to complete the online meeting evaluation form by going to the SMDM 2009 Annual Meeting Website. Then Fax or Mail this form to the address below to be received before Friday, November 6, 2009. Your certificate will be faxed to you by the University of Alabama, School of Medicine.

Financial Disclosure
The University of Alabama, School of Medicine (UAB) is committed to the provision of CME that is balanced, objective, and evidence-based. The University of Alabama, School of Medicine (UAB) adheres to Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Essentials and Standards.

Accordingly, all parties involved in content development have disclosed any real or apparent conflicts of interest relating to the topics of this educational activity and the disclosure summary follows. The University of Alabama, School of Medicine Division of CME has established mechanisms to resolve conflicts of interest should they arise. Participants in UASOM/UAB CME programs are afforded the opportunity to provide feedback on the quality of individual programs at the conclusion of the activity. Comments can also be sent directly to the Division of CME at c...@uab.edu.

See below for a list of faculty members that have disclosed that, related to the topic they are presenting, neither they nor their families have a financial arrangement or affiliation with any corporate organization, and members that have disclosed program- or content-related financial affiliations.

One of the SMDM's strengths is the faculty that present at the annual meeting and how they are able to support our continuing education that is unique, provocative, and state-of-the-art.

Thank you to all of the annual meeting faculty. SMDM greatly appreciates your willingness to share your expertise and take time out of your busy schedule.

The following faculty members disclosed program- or content-related financial affiliations:

Fasihul Alam, Grant Research: Univ. of Glamorgan research grant covers total costs towards attending and presenting at the conference

Amber E. Barnato, Grant Research: NIH

Deborah Braccia, Grant Research: Sigma Theta Tau - Alpha Zeta Chapter Student Researcher Award; the Columbia University School of Nursing/ Amgen, Oncology Fellowship; and the Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Ann Olsen Doctoral Scholarship. / Other: Novartis employee (Novartis is not a manufacture of the pharmacologic agents mentioned in this study. No one from Novartis reviewed or had any input. This study was conducted while a doctoral candidate at the Columbia University School of Nursing).

Marc Brisson, Grant Research: Merck, Consultant: Merck

Elizabeth Burnside, Grant Research: NIH R-01 and K-07

Scott B. Cantor, Grant Research: NCI, NIH

James Dolan, Grant Research: NHLBF

Mark H. Eckman, Grant Research: Supported in part by an unrestricted grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Deb Feldman-Stewart, Grant Research: National Cancer Institute of Canada Other: operating costs of the project

Bart S. Ferket, Other: During this research I was employed by the NDDO Institute for Prevention and Early Diagnostics. This is a company, which organizes periodic health risk assessments including cardiovascular risk assessment.

R. Grace Fulton Grant Research: Pfizer, Inc

Negin Hajizadeh, Grant Research: Negin Hajizadeh

Elbert S. Huang, Grant Research: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Grant

Vikram Jha, Grant Research: PhD scholarship from Leeds Institute of Health Sciences

Joseph G. Johnson, Grant Research: National Science Foundation

Joseph A. Johnston, Other: Employed by Eli Lilly

Michael W. Kattan, Grant Research: Cleveland CTSA Award

Nayer Khazeni, Grant Research: Dr. Khazeni: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (1 F32 HS018003-01A1)

Robert W. Klein, Other: Robert Klein is a principal of Medical Decision Modeling Inc which receives contracts from Eli Lilly the maker of pemetrexed.

Steven M. Kymes, Grant Research: Pfizer, Consultant: Pfizer

Clara Lee, Grant Research: Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making / Consultant: Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making

Elena Losina, Grant Research: NIH/NIAMS R01 AR053112

Dan D. Matlock, Grant Research: This project is funded by a George Bennett Post-Doctoral Grant from the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making

Lisa McGarry, Consultant: Novartis Vaccines

David O. Meltzer, Grant Research: AHRQ CERT U18 HS016967-01

Debanjali Mitra, Consultant: Shire Pharmaceuticals

Bruce W. Morlan, Grant Research: The work was supported by the Mayo Clinic Windland Smith Rice Comprehensive Sudden Cardiac Death Program.

Lucy E. Napper, Grant Research: NIDA grant, F32 DA229022

Saira Nawaz, Grant Research: Psychiatric Research Center

Anjali D. Oza, Grant Research: AHRQ T-32

Roy M. Poses, Stock Shareholder: ELAN (3200 Shares)

Malcolm J. Price, Grant Research: Medical Research Council Studentship

Valerie Reyna, Grant Research: WSF

Glenn P. Salkeld, Grant Research: NHMRC Program Research Grant

Victoria A. Shaffer, Grant Research: Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making

Joel Tsevat, Grant Research: NIH K24 Grant

Saul J. Weiner, Grant Research: Health Services Research and Development, Veterans Administration

John Wong, Other: Royalties from hook "learning Clinical Reasoning"

Gloria Woo, Grant Research: Gilead Sciences Canada provides a research grant for this project. Part of my student stipend is paid for by this grant.

Yan Xing, Grant Research: NCI 1 R01 CA127328-01

The following faculty members disclosed that, related to the topic they are presenting, neither they nor their families have a financial arrangement or affiliation with any corporate organization: