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Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University | |
| City: Philadelphia | State: PA | |
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Updates: This institution's COI policies were evaluated on Apr-24-2014. This institution submitted policies for review for the 2014 AMSA Scorecard. No policies were provided by the institution and no updates were found via online web searches for the 2016 Scorecard. |
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| Gifts |  |
Industry-funded gifts are prohibited. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 3] |
| Meals |  |
Industry-funded meals are prohibited in most cases. They are allowed in connection with a consulting agreement (which is still allowable for a top score). However, the policy scores a '2' because meals are allowed when provided at continuing education eve [Domain Location: Policy 1, page 3] |
| Industry-funded promotional speaking relationships (not ACCME-accredited) | |
Promotional speaking relationships are prohibited. [Domain Location: Policy 1, page 3] |
| Industry-support of ACCME-accredited CME | |
Policy notes that all on-site continuing education must comply with ACCME Accreditation standards and managed through a centralized office. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 4] |
| Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional events | |
Attendance allowed (without any statement discouraging attendance) but attendees cannot accept industry reimbursement for travel or other remuneration. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 5] |
| Industry-supported scholarships and awards | |
Industry support to attend conferences or trainings is allowed, but there are one or more safeguards in place to ensure the funds are not used by the company to establish a marketing relationship with the trainee. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 5] |
| Ghostwriting and honorary authorships | |
Ghostwriting is prohibited. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 5] |
| Consulting and advising relationships | |
Consulting relationships are allowed but must be documented in writing, payment for services must be commensurate to the task, and approval required (depending on the amount of the agreement). [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 3] |
| Access of pharmaceutical sales representatives | |
Site access by pharmaceutical sales representatives is permitted by appointment and in non-patient care areas. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 4] |
| Access of medical device representatives | |
Access by device manufacturer representatives to patient care areas is permitted by invitation by faculty members. Interactions with faculty must be limited to 'the minimum amount necessary to provide the relevant training, education or technical assistan [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 4; Policy 2] |
| Conflict of interest disclosure | |
Disclosure is required to patients, students and trainees and internally through an annual disclosure process. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 3] |
| COI curriculum | |
The policy notes that the COI policy standards will be addressed in the school curricula. The institution noted when submitting policies that there is no formal curriculum presentation for faculty, but that the policies are distributed and discussed at fa [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 5; Policy 3] |
| Extension of COI policies to community affiliates | |
The policy applies to all faculty, staff and trainees and the standards apply whether they work on or off-site. [Domain Location: Policy 1, pgs. 3 and 7] |
| 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: Policy 1, p 5] |
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| Model policy |
| Good progress toward model policy |
 | No policy, or policy unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior |
