AMSA Pharm-free Scorecard 2016
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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 pie3

No industry-funded gifts of any nature or value allowed.

[Domain Location: Policy 1, p 1, 4]
Meals pie2

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]
Industry-funded promotional speaking relationships (not ACCME-accredited) pie3

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]
Industry-support of ACCME-accredited CME pie2

The policy allows industry-support of CME with central management of the funding.

[Domain Location: Policy 1, p 6]
Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional events pie2

Attendance allowed (without any statement discouraging attendance) but attendees cannot accept industry reimbursement for travel or other remuneration.

[Domain Location: Policy 1, p 4]
Industry-supported scholarships and awards pie2

Industry may provide scholarships for meeting attendance, but it may not participate in the selection of attendees.

[Domain Location: Policy 1, p 7-8]
Ghostwriting and honorary authorships pie3

Ghostwriting and honorary authorship are strictly prohibited.

[Domain Location: Policy 1, p 1, 5-6]
Consulting and advising relationships pie2

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]
Access of pharmaceutical sales representatives pie2

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]
Access of medical device representatives pie3

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]
Conflict of interest disclosure pie3

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]
COI curriculum pie2

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]
Extension of COI policies to community affiliates pie3

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]
Enforcement and Sanctions of Policies pie3

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]
What the results mean...
3Model policy
2Good progress toward model policy
1No policy, or policy unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior