University of California, Davis, School of Medicine | ||
City: Davis | State: CA | |
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Updates: This institution's COI policies were evaluated on May-25-2014. 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 direct industry-funded gifts of any nature or value allowed. [Domain Location: Policy 6, p 4] |
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Meals | No industry-funded meals of any nature or value allowed except in the context of an educational grant provided to a department. [Domain Location: Policy 4, p 2] |
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Industry-funded promotional speaking relationships (not ACCME-accredited) | No policy provided [Domain Location: ] |
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Industry-support of ACCME-accredited CME | A central office coordinates CME courses; however, educational partners can receive and disburse industry funding. [Domain Location: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/cme/] |
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Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional events | Faculty can attend dinner lectures but must pay for their own dinner. Vendors may not pay for travel or lodging to a conference for merely attending, or even for giving a lecture for the conference. [Domain Location: Policy 4, p 3] |
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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 4, p 6] |
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Ghostwriting and honorary authorships | No policy provided [Domain Location: ] |
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Consulting and advising relationships | b. All consulting arrangements with Industry must identify specific tasks and deliverables and contains payment provisions that are at fair market value and consistent with the assigned tasks. [Domain Location: Policy 4, p 3] |
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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 6, p 5] |
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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 6, p 5] |
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Conflict of interest disclosure | Faculty must report annually any paid consulting arrangements, and these reports are public records. [Domain Location: Policy 6, p 7] |
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COI curriculum | 'All health care individuals to whom this policy applies shall receive training regarding interactions with health care vendors.' However, there is no description of the content of this curriculum. [Domain Location: Policy 6, p 7] |
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Extension of COI policies to community affiliates | Policies regarding gifts from vendors apply both on-campus and off-campus. However, there is not indication that the policy also applies to part-time or volunteer faculty. [Domain Location: Policy 4, p 3] |
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Enforcement and Sanctions of Policies | A Conflict of Interest Committee is responsible for overseeing compliance with conflict of interest regulations for researchers and with determining sanctions for non-compliance. [Domain Location: http://manuals.ucdavis.edu/PPM/230/230-05a.pdf] |
Model policy | |
Good progress toward model policy | |
No policy, or policy unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior |