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ACCME has an article on how CME credit providers should deal with controversial topics: https://www.accme.org/highlights/dealing-controversial-topics-your-cme-program An excerpt: CME providers need to develop activities that encourage free and rigorous scientific discourse — while ensuring that...

Jennifer Spotila just put up a blog post on the conference, very concise and well sourced: http://occupyme.net/2018/10/12/protesting-per-fink/

On the good news side, Dr. Maureen Hanson did tweet about it already a few weeks ago.

Especially since Columbia just got federal funding for ME research. And I think presenting on bds is sufficient basis for complaint. We know the presenters think it includes ME and that just doesn't fly in the U.S any more. Btw, Karina Hansen has just been freed of her state imposed guardian...

I do see that not knowing the content is an issue for MECFS since it may not specifically be mentioned but there will definitely be a session on bodily distress syndrome and that notoriously has included ME. ( Btw, the program does explicitly mention fibro and puts it in scare quotes -- you'd...

This is the link to the ACCME page on how to submit a complaint: https://www.accme.org/submit-complaint

I don't twitter either, but know people who do and will ask.

So the MSSNY is in turn accredited by the national group, Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. And I found through their website that the public can file complaints about the content of courses for CME. There is a content standard for courses: Accredited providers are...

I really don't know but it seems legit to make noise about it. Energy permitting, I'll do some more looking up later :)

Good question. This is what the website says about CE credit: The Bureau of Psychiatric Services & Research Institute Support (BPSRIS) is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Bureau of Psychiatric Services...

I would also hesitate about the petition if the event was a purely academic exchange of ideas between peers (as conferences usually are), but this event is explicitly aimed at providing training for people who work in health care. Such as: "physicians of diverse specialties, nurses...