Meeting Accreditation Conditions

Once your program is accredited, the Program Director and Scientific Planning Committee (SPC) are responsible for ensuring that all requirements help maintain the integrity and quality of CPD programming. Here’s what to keep in mind:

  • Accreditation Statement: All promotional materials must include the full accreditation statement provided in your approval letter.
  • Sponsorship and Support: Financial and in-kind support must comply with both the National Standard and the U of T Policy on Sponsorship Support. Sponsorship agreements must be in place, with specific language confirming the independence of the Scientific Planning Committee (see template for language that must be included).
  • Disclosure forms must be collected and reviewed for all SPC members as well as speakers, moderators, educators, facilitators, and authors. The SPC is responsible for reviewing all disclosure forms, identifying real or potential conflicts of interest, and determining an appropriate mitigation strategy if needed. Relationships, conflicts of interest, program funding arrangements, and mitigation strategies must be disclosed visually and verbally at the start of the program. Speakers, moderators, educators, facilitators, and authors must also disclose relationships using a provided slide template.
  • Learning Objectives: Overall program or conference learning objectives must be derived from the needs assessment data, and shared with all speakers, educators, and authors (see speaker confirmation template).
  • Attendance Letters: A letter of attendance must be distributed to all participants using the specific template provided to you that includes the approved accreditation statement and CERT+/SAP IDs if applicable.