Stanford University School of Medicine | ||
City: Stanford | State: CA | |
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Updates: This institution's COI policies were evaluated on May-20-2014. This institution's policies were found via online web searches for the 2016 Scorecard. They were last updated prior to their review for the 2014 Scorecard. |
Gifts | No industry-funded gifts of any nature or value allowed [Domain Location: Policy 2, p 2] |
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Meals | No industry-funded meals of any nature or value allowed. [Domain Location: Policy 2, p 4] |
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Industry-funded promotional speaking relationships (not ACCME-accredited) | Policy effectively prevents faculty from being paid by industry to do promotional speaking, or to be on industry-funded speakers bureaus. [Domain Location: Policy 2, p 4] |
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Industry-support of ACCME-accredited CME | Industry support to fund specific courses or programs is not permitted. [Domain Location: Policy 1] |
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Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional events | Attendance is not explicitly discouraged, but policy states that attendees 'Faculty and medical staff should evaluate very carefully their own participation in meetings and conferences that are fully or partially sponsored or run by industry because of th [Domain Location: Policy 2, p 4] |
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Industry-supported scholarships and awards | Industry may provide scholarships to students and trainees for meeting attendance, but it may not participate in the selection of attendees, and all funds must be provided to the university and not directly to the trainee. [Domain Location: Policy 2, p 3] |
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Ghostwriting and honorary authorships | 'Individuals are prohibited from publishing articles under their own names that are written in whole or material part by industry employees.' [Domain Location: Policy 2, p 5] |
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Consulting and advising relationships | Consulting arrangements must include fair market compensation for specific services where compensation reflects time and effort and where expected work products are defined in advance in a written contract. In addition, the policy prohibits 'Payments for [Domain Location: http://med.stanford.edu/coi/clinical_care.html] |
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Access of pharmaceutical sales representatives | Pharmaceutical representatives are allowed to meet with faculty but the meetings must take place only in non-patient care areas and the meetings must take place by appointment only. [Domain Location: Policy 2, p 3] |
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Access of medical device representatives | Access by device manufacturer representatives to patient care areas is permitted by appointment or invitation by faculty members or clinic supervisors. Interactions with faculty must be limited to in-service training or assistance on devices and equipment [Domain Location: Policy 2, p 2] |
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Conflict of interest disclosure | Annual disclosure of financial relationships that constitute a COI is required of all faculty. However, disclosure to students or trainees is not required. [Domain Location: Policy 3, p 6] |
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COI curriculum | Medical students must complete educational modules including FDA regulation of research and the influence of industry on physicians. [Domain Location: Policy 5, p 33] |
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Extension of COI policies to community affiliates | All faculty (including part-time and voluntary), employees, and trainees are subject to the institution's COI policies, and the policies apply both on-site and off-site. [Domain Location: Policy 3, p 2] |
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Enforcement and Sanctions of Policies | There is a party responsible for general oversight to ensure compliance with COI policies and there are sanctions for noncompliance [Domain Location: Faculty Handbook, Section 4.3, http://facultyhandbook.stanford.edu/ch4.html#statementonfacultydiscipline ] |
Model policy | |
Good progress toward model policy | |
No policy, or policy unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior |