Learner Bill Of Rights

The AAGL recognizes that you are a life-long learner who has chosen to engage in continuing
medical education to identify or fill a gap in knowledge, skill, or performance. As part of the
AAGL’s duty to you as a learner, you have the right to expect that your continuing medical
education experience with the AAGL includes:

Content that:

• promotes improvements or quality in healthcare;
• is valid, reliable, and accurate;
• offers balanced presentations that are free of commercial bias for or against a product/service;

• is vetted through a process that resolves any conflicts of interests of planners, teachers, or authors;

• is driven and based on learning needs, not commercial interests;
• addresses the stated objectives or purpose; and
• is evaluated for its effectiveness in meeting the identified educational need

A learning environment that:

• supports learners’ ability to meet their individual needs;
• respects and attends to any special needs of the learners;
• respects the diversity of groups of learners; and
• is free of promotional, commercial, and/or sales activities.

Disclosure of:

• Relevant financial relationships planners, teachers, and authors have withcommercial interests related to the content of the activity; and

• commercial support (funding or in-kind resources) of the activity.