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Conduct a
conference call of all session participants 2 months before the meeting to
discuss content and flow of the session.
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Review material (e.g., power point presentations)
of the presenters to ensure compliance with the
Essential Areas and Elements of the ACCME;
Moderators are responsible for ensuring the presentation meet the level of
quality expected for a professional meeting (e.g., no commercial bias, proper
formatting, etc)
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Write a) the overall abstract for the session and, b)
maintenance of
certification (MOC) multiple choice questions for the session and
draft
learning objectives for the session. These are needed for our CME
accreditation through ACCME.
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Meet with the session participants at PM 2010 (either the night before the
session or 30 minutes before the session) to introduce yourself and to ensure
all audiovisual needs and any other requirements are met.
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Moderate the session, including formally introducing each speaker, keeping
speakers to their time limits, and facilitating questions from the audience.
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Moderators are also responsible for informing the audience of any conflicts of
interest (or lack thereof) of any of the speakers as well as thanking the
sponsor (if applicable) for the session. These are also requirements of the
ACCME. ACPM staff will provide this information to the moderator.
