Tufts University School of Medicine | ||
City: Boston | State: MA | |
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Updates: This institution's COI policies were evaluated on May-27-2014. 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 1, p 1, 4] |
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Meals | No industry-funded meals of any nature or value allowed except in the case of industry-funded ACCME-accredited CME. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 1] |
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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 1, p 1, 4-5] |
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Industry-support of ACCME-accredited CME | The policy allows industry-support of CME with central management of the funding. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 6] |
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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 4] |
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Industry-supported scholarships and awards | Industry may provide scholarships for meeting attendance, but it may not participate in the selection of attendees. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 7-8] |
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Ghostwriting and honorary authorships | Ghostwriting and honorary authorship are strictly prohibited. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 1, 5-6] |
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Consulting and advising relationships | All consulting and advising relationships are allowed but there are safeguards in place to clarify the relationship as legitimate employment, including prior approval by a supervisor and clear employment deliverables. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 1, 5] |
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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 1, p 6] |
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Access of medical device representatives | This policy effectively prohibits medical device representatives from promoting products in patient care areas though they may be there for legitimate educational purposes unrelated to marketing. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 6] |
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Conflict of interest disclosure | Disclosure of financial relationships that constitute a COI is required both internally to the institution and externally to trainees/audiences during presentations. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 1, 7-8] |
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COI curriculum | There is a required COI curriculum though no materials were provided for analysis. Apparently there are a minimum of three hours devoted exclusively to the subject of COIs in medicine, so it is likely that Tufts is deserving of a top score for this domain [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 7] |
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Extension of COI policies to community affiliates | This policy applies to all employees of the institution, whether full/part-time or volunteer faculty, and trainees, and it applies to them regardless of the site they are working at. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 1, 3] |
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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: Policy 1, p 8] |
Model policy | |
Good progress toward model policy | |
No policy, or policy unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior |