• Definition of Osteopathically Distinct CME: Osteopathically distinct CME is evidence- or practice-based medical education that includes the body of knowledge and skills essential to the osteopathic profession and patient care, while integrating osteopathic tenets and philosophy.
• Faculty Requirement for Osteopathically Distinct CME: At least 50% of the total educational credits must be presented by osteopathic physicians. Remaining faculty may include subject matter experts approved by an educational planning committee.
• Curriculum Requirement for Osteopathically Distinct CME: CME activities must address one or more of the AOA seven core competencies or one of the five osteopathic models with attention to the tenets.

• Core Competencies – activities must address one or more AOA core competencies or one of the five osteopathic models with attention to osteopathic tenets
• Faculty Requirement – at least 50% of the total educational credits must be presented by osteopathic physicians
• Practice Gap Analysis
• Educational Objectives
• Outcomes Measurement
• Standards for Integrity and Independence
• Administrative Requirements

• All recommendations involving clinical medicine in a CME activity must be based on evidence accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for indications and contraindications in patient care.
• All scientific research referred to, reported, or used in CME in support of patient care recommendations must conform to generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis.
• Presentations that include information on non-FDA approved uses for drugs or devices must clearly acknowledge unlabeled indications or the investigational nature of the proposed uses.

1. Faculty Disclosure Form

Faculty must complete and return a Faculty Disclosure Form prior to the presentation. POMA uses this form to identify and resolve potential conflicts of interest.

• All persons who may impact CME content must disclose financial relationships from the past 12 months with ineligible companies.
• A conflict of interest exists when a personal financial relationship may bias educational content.
• A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods used on patients.
• A financial relationship includes being a shareholder, consultant, grant recipient, research participant, employee, or recipient of other support.
• There is no minimum financial threshold. All financial relationships must be disclosed regardless of amount.
• All financial relationships, whether relevant or not, must be disclosed to learners before the activity.

2. Balance – CME activities must present a balanced view of therapeutic options. Use of generic names is encouraged. If trade names are used, multiple companies’ products should be referenced where available.

3. Peer Review – Presentation materials must be submitted in advance. POMA’s CME Task Force reviews content for balance, scientific rigor, and freedom from commercial bias using the Content Review Form .

4. Disclosure Slide – All presentations must include a disclosure slide at the beginning of the lecture.

1. Know your audience
2. The majority of the audience will be comprised of DOs
3. The most common specialties are family medicine and internal medicine, though other specialties are represented
4. Arrive early — at least 45 minutes before your scheduled lecture time
5. Include a disclosure slide after the title slide
6. Do not read your presentation verbatim
7. Use high contrast for text — dark text on a light background works best
8. Include 3–5 takeaways participants can implement in practice
9. Leave approximately 10 minutes at the end for Q&A