Gifts are generally prohibited, but educational gifts such as textbooks are allowed when distributed through a department.

No industry-funded meals of any nature or value allowed except in the context of industry funded ACCME-accredited CME.

If a talk is funded by industry, the content must be determined by the speaker and not the company, and the talk must be educational and scientific in content.

While there is a central office for CME which is the exclusive accreditor of CME programs at Yale, there is no stipulation that industry funds go directly to the CME office rather than to departments or divisions.

Clinical Personnel should not attend or participate in industry-sponsored off campus events for primarily promotional/marketing purposes.' In addition, attendees may not accept travel reimbursement for other compensation for attending any industry sponsor

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.

Ghostwriting and honorary authorship are strictly prohibited.

Consulting arrangements must include fair market compensation for specific services where compensation reflects time and effort and where expected work products are defined in advance in a written contract.

Pharmaceutical representatives are allowed to meet with faculty and trainees 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 must be limited to in-service training or assistance on devices and equipment

Clinical personnel must disclose industry relationships to the university, to students/trainees, to patients, and to the public.

The Yale medical school bulletin lists a 'Professional Responsibility' course, which, according to material provided to AMSA in 2010 comprehensively covers topics related to conflicts of interest. In addition, there is a course called 'Responsible Conduct

This Policy applies to all physicians, PAs, APRNs, RNs, midwives, or other clinicians who practice in the Yale Medical Group. The Yale Medical Group encompasses many clinical sites on and off the Yale campus.

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