CME CONFERENCE PREP TEMPLATE
Welcome!
Thank you for agreeing to present at ___________ on ___________. The conference will be held via Zoom. Please see below for important dates and information.
What we need from you:
DISCLOSURE: a signed disclosure form is required for participation in the conference.
SPEAKER AGREEMENT: We ask that you sign a speaker agreement, by which you attest to reading and agreeing to the guidelines for online continuing education. There is a link to the guidelines in the speaker agreement. The guidelines include a description of the conditions under which you may use copyrighted images in your presentation. If you would like assistance in determining the copyright compliance of your presentation, please submit your slides via Dropbox by the date below.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: please include 3 (plus or minus) learning objectives at the beginning of your slides. It is best practice to determine your objectives for your learners prior to developing your presentation, and then shape your talk to meet the objectives.
IMAGE CREDITS AND JOURNAL CITATIONS: Ideally, permission to use images in your presentation is granted by the rights holder, e.g. by a creative commons or other license, or is in the public domain. As noted in the guidelines you are agreeing to, conference presentations fall under fair use, so copyrighted images may be used without permission. However, in order for fair use to apply, source information for images must be provided. If you can, provide the image owner’s name and license type. If the image came from a journal article, include a complete journal citation (or as complete as you can), and add “All rights reserved.”
Example Citations
Creative Commons License
Journal
Owner only, no permission
Owner only, with permission
Image by Lukas Schlagenhauf CC BY-ND 2.0
Cuello‐Garcia CA, Mai SHC, Simpson R, Al‐Harbi S, Choong K. Early Mobilization in Critically Ill Children: A Systematic Review. J Pediatr. 2018;203:25‐33. All rights reserved.
Photo (or Image) by Owner’s Name, on Site Name. All rights reserved.
Photo (or Image) by Owner’s Name, on Site Name. Used with permission.
Recorded Presentations and Slides
If you are pre-recording your presentation, see our suggested tools and tips for recording. Please submit recordings via Dropbox by the date below, including the conference name in the file name.
If you would like to make your slides available for download by conference attendees in PDF format, please submit them via Dropbox.
Dates
| Week of | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
| Submit pre-recorded presentation, if applicable | Technical Rehearsal | Submit slides to post for download by attendees | Conference |