Personal gifts from industry are generally not allowed. This includes personal gifts of textbooks, although textbooks can be given to a departmental library for general use if approved by the Chair.

All onsite industry supplied food is prohibited. Meals can be accepted if provided off-site as part of CME programs. In addition, attendees of any industry sponsored event occurring at a restaurant must pay for their own meals.

Industry-funded lecturing is allowed only if there is prior approval, if the presenter prepares the content and does not use company-prepared slides, and if it is not a dedicated marketing program.

All industry funded CME must comply with the Office of CME Policies, which include ACCME Standards for Commercial Support. In addition, all industry funds must go directly to the Office of CME from which they are disbursed.

Attendance at industry promotional events is effectively discouraged. For example, faculty are discouraged from attending an activity that is a 'dedicated marketing and training program designed by Industry solely to influence purchasing or prescribing de

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

Ghostwriting and honorary authorship are strictly prohibited.

Prior approval for consulting is required. In addition, faculty are prohibited from participating in the following kinds of marketing consulting activities: 'This includes advising or creating materials for Industry on marketing and promoting their produc

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.

Access by device manufacturer representatives to patient care areas is permitted by appointment or invitation by faculty members or clinic supervisors. Interactions with faculty are specifically related to in-service training or assistance on devices and

Faculty and staff must disclose all potential conflicts of interest annually to the institution. There is no explicit requirement of disclosure to trainees.

We were unable to locate specific examples of publically accessible COI curricula to review for comprehensiveness; however, the 2013 AMSA scorecard found that Wake Forest did have a COI curriculum.

The COI policy explicitly covers faculty, staff, students, trainees, and volunteers, as well as employees of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center affiliates.

There is a party responsible for general oversight to ensure compliance with COI policies and there are sanctions for noncompliance.