Guidelines

Please upload your files 72 hours in advance of your presentation. This allows us to screen for technical issues and helps you avoid problems during your presentation.

Questions?

It is optional to include a disclosure slide as the second slide of your presentation; it is not required. Download the template and select the relevant slide: Nothing to disclose OR you have disclosures.

PRESENTATION TEMPLATE

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PROBLEM: Branded product logos are visible.

SOLUTION: Replace product logos with plain text (generic fonts).

BAD EXAMPLE: Promotion for Single Commercial Product and use of Stock Video or Pictures.

GOOD EXAMPLE: Cannot be identified with any company or product. Academic center branded slides are acceptable.

We ask that you cite your sources. Please include the following information:

Journal Articles.
- First Author, Journal, Year, Volume, Page numbers.
Electronic Journals or In-Press.
- First Author, Journal, Year, DOI.
Live Meeting Presentation or Poster.
- Presenter, Title of presentation, Meeting, Year.
- If downloaded from a website, then Presenter, Meeting, Year, URL.

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PROBLEM: Reference Information is Inadequate.
Pub Med search found 50 papers, 21 of which were cardiac related.

SOLUTION: Multiple References and Readable, Adequate Detail to Find Papers.

BAD: This Slide lists 8 Presenters and, Thus, Requires Complete Disclosure Information for ALL 8 Individuals.

GOOD: Only the speaker/presenter is listed on the Title Slide. Others are acknowledged (next slide).

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PROBLEM:
Using a patient’s photo violates HIPPA privacy laws unless express permission has been given. We don’t know whether your patient has approved.

SOLUTION:
1. Hide patient identity.
2. Send patient HIPAA release to CRF^® ([email protected]).
3. Add patient HIPAA release at end of presentation to show the patient has approved.

PROBLEM:
HIPAA Violation Displaying Patient Identifying Information.

SOLUTION:
Patient identifiers are covered. Consider covering identifiers when age, sex, and institution are visible.

All presentations must meet the following requirements:

Be based on current science, evidence, and clinical reasoning, while giving a fair and balanced view of diagnostic and therapeutic options.
Use generic names instead of trade names. If trade names are used, the presentation should include trade names from multiple companies to create a balanced view, when appropriate.
Conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation.
Be free of marketing or sales of products or service.
Slides should not be promotional. They cannot contain industry backgrounds, advertisements, product promotion, corporate logo(s), trade name(s), device name(s) or product-group message of an ineligible company (any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients).
- If showing an image of a product or device, the trade name and logo must be covered over.
- If referring to a product or device name, do not include ™ or ®.
Clearly describe the level of evidence on which the presentation is based and provide enough information about data (study dates, design, etc.) to enable learners to assess research validity.
Ensure that, if there is a range of evidence, that the credible sources cited present a balanced view of the evidence.
Address any potential risks or adverse effects that could be caused with any clinical recommendations.

Guidelines

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Disclosure

Slide Samples

References

HIPAA Slide Samples

Presentation Requirements