ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
All submissions are subject to the ACCME guidelines regarding independence and validation of content. Instructors/authors/producers are responsible for ensuring that (1) all recommendations involving clinical medicine presented are based on evidence that is accepted within the profession and (2) all scientific research referred to, reported, or used conforms to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis. Recommendations, treatments, or manners of practicing medicine that do not comply with the above, are known to have risks or dangers that outweigh the benefits or are known to be ineffective in the treatment of patients will not be accepted.
Educational Objectives
Upon completion of the ASCRS Annual Meeting, participants should be able to:
- Recognize and discuss current and advanced treatment strategies for anterior segment surgery, and corneal, glaucoma, and retinal conditions.
- Identify the latest developments and advances in techniques and technology within anterior segment surgery and comprehensive ophthalmology.
- Identify complicating factors in anterior segment surgery and develop appropriate treatment plans.
- Practice hands-on surgical skills and techniques in Skills Transfer Labs.
- Examine external legislative issues and internal business practice issues affecting the field of ophthalmology.
Scientific Integrity and Disclosure of Financial Interest
It is the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery’s policy that all continuing medical education is fair and balanced. Additionally, the clinical content of accredited educational activities must be evidence-based, support safe and effective patient care, and be free of commercial bias. All individuals in a position to control content of CME activities must disclose any and all financial interests for the past 24 months. ASCRS has mechanisms in place to identify and mitigate all conflicts of interest prior to an educational activity being delivered to learners and will disclose all relevant relationships (and absence of) to learners.
Presenter Disclosures
The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery requires presenters to disclose any relevant financial relationships from the past 24 months at the start of their presentation
DISCLOSURE OF UNAPPROVED/OFF-LABEL USE
The ASCRS Annual Meeting may include presentations on drugs or devices, or uses of drugs or devices that may not have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or have been approved by the FDA for specific uses only. The FDA has stated that it is the responsibility of the physician to determine the FDA clearance status of each drug or device he or she wished to use in clinical practice.
ASCRS is committed to the free exchange of medical education. Inclusion of any presentation in this program, including presentations of off-label uses, does not imply an endorsement by ASCRS of the uses, products, or techniques presented.
