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University of South Alabama College of Medicine | |
| City: Mobile | State: AL | |
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Updates: This institution's COI policies were evaluated on Jun-13-2014. This institution's policies were found via online web searches for the 2014 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 |  |
Employees may receive 'gratuities' from industry of more than $100 per incident, up to a maximum of $300 annually. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 7] |
| Meals | |
Employees may receive 'gratuities' from industry of more than $100 per incident, up to a maximum of $300 annually. In the policy, 'gratuities' includes food and beverage. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 7] |
| Industry-funded promotional speaking relationships (not ACCME-accredited) | |
No policy found [Domain Location: ] |
| Industry-support of ACCME-accredited CME | |
The University is ACCME accredited but does not provide additional firewalls to prevent commercial bias. [Domain Location: http://www.usa-cme.com/] |
| Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional events | |
No policy found [Domain Location: ] |
| Industry-supported scholarships and awards | |
No policy found [Domain Location: ] |
| Ghostwriting and honorary authorships |  |
Ghostwriting and honorary authorship are strictly prohibited. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 21] |
| Consulting and advising relationships |  |
In any outside consulting arrangement, faculty should ensure that there is no conflict with University obligations by disclosing each activity prior to engagement. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 8] |
| Access of pharmaceutical sales representatives | |
No policy found [Domain Location: ] |
| Access of medical device representatives | |
No policy found [Domain Location: ] |
| Conflict of interest disclosure | |
It is the policy of the University and a condition of employment that all Financial Conflict of Interest be disclosed both annually as well as per any new activity in order to eliminate or minimize their impact on any professional or research activity.' [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 6] |
| COI curriculum | |
No policy found [Domain Location: ] |
| Extension of COI policies to community affiliates | |
The conflict of interest policy applies to all 'employees,' defined as 'any person employed by the University full-time or part-time in a faculty position or in an administrative position at or above a director level.' It does not clearly apply to adjunct [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 5] |
| 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 12] |
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| Model policy |
| Good progress toward model policy |
| No policy, or policy unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior |
