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University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine | |
| City: Irvine | State: CA | |
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Updates: This institution's COI policies were evaluated on Jul- 3-2014. 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 |  |
All gifts (zero dollar limit) including items such as free meals, items of nominal value such as pens and other similar items, payment for time for travel to or time at meetings are prohibited [Domain Location: Policy 4 p3] |
| Meals |  |
No industry-funded meals of any nature or value allowed on-campus or off-campus except through provision of unrestricted educational grants to support meals and educational program. [Domain Location: Policy 2 p2-4] |
| 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 3 p6] |
| Industry-support of ACCME-accredited CME |  |
Industry support can be accepted with the only stipulation being that they must follow ACCME criteria. [Domain Location: Policy 2 p2, Policy 4 p4, Policy 5 p2] |
| Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional events | |
Faculty may not receive travel reimbursement for attending industry-sponsored conference. Invitees may attend dinner lectures sponsored by a vendor, however the individual cannot accept complimentary meals. [Domain Location: Policy 2 p6, Policy 5 p3] |
| 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 2 p7] |
| Ghostwriting and honorary authorships | |
Ghostwriting and honorary authorship are strictly prohibited. [Domain Location: Policy 4 p5, Policy 5 p3] |
| Consulting and advising relationships | |
Consulting or honoraria for speaking must take place with an explicit contract with specific deliverables, and the deliverables should be restricted to scientific issues, not marketing efforts. [Domain Location: Policy 4 p5] |
| 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 4 p1-2] |
| 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 4 p1-2, Policy 5 p2] |
| Conflict of interest disclosure | |
Internal disclosure is required annually. It is not clear if there is a requirement for all faculty and staff, including those that do not do research, to provide disclosure to audiences or students. [Domain Location: Policy 6] |
| COI curriculum | |
A limited COI education is required by the institution. [Domain Location: Policy 3, Policy 7 p7] |
| 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 3 p1, Policy 4 p1, Policy 5 p6] |
| Enforcement and Sanctions of Policies | |
There is a party responsible for oversight of the policy, but there are no sanctions for noncompliance included in the policy [Domain Location: Policy 4 p4] |
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| Model policy |
| Good progress toward model policy |
| No policy, or policy unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior |
