The purpose of these guidelines is to describe the guidelines followed by users, developers, authors and others involved in creating materials and educational products. Several principles underlie the CATCHUM Project's guidelines regarding the development and publication of CATCHUM products.

• All materials are intended for use in medical education for undergraduate students.
• Reasonable attempts have been made to assure the accuracy and currency of the information in these materials without express or implied warranty of the information herein.
• Every attempt has been made to uphold constitutional right to freedom of speech and the faculty rights to academic freedom.
• Respect is afforded the intellectual property rights of the authors and creators of material with appropriate credit applied in recognition of the creative act.
• A conscious and determined effort has been made to balance good stewardship of institutional assets with the need for individual freedom and creative expression under the purpose to educate and advance the knowledge and practice of cancer control by medical students.
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The CATCHUM Project, in collaboration with project staff, authors, task force members and material developers, assumes the responsibility for:

• offering readers products that have been designed to provide high quality professional presentations;
• purveying information that is accurate; timely and in compliance with copyright, intellectual property and libel laws;
• avoiding conflicts of interests; and
• denoting proper citation and reference credit.

The CATCHUM project cannot guarantee the complete accuracy and credibility of the information included in the development of these products due to the individual contributions made to the products and therefore delegates to the endorser some responsibility in the review of these items. Content providers and publishers are expected to abide by the highest standards of quality and scholarly integrity. The information provided on this site is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between an patient/site visitor and his/her existing physician.

The CATCHUM project claims no editorial control over material maintained in the individual accounts of staff, faculty and students. To keep a visible distance from institutional or "official" CATCHUM information, disclaimer notices will appear on CATCHUM products developed by faculty, staff, and students.

The CATCHUM Project is funded SOLELY by the National Cancer Institute (Grant # 5 R25 CA65618) and therefore all products developed under its auspices are within the public domain. Property rights will be jointly shared by the author and the CATCHUM Project of the University of Texas Medical Branch Educational Cancer Center.