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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | |
| City: Baltimore | State: MD | |
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Updates: This institution's COI policies were evaluated on May-26-2014. 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. |
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| Gifts |  |
Industry-funded gifts are prohibited although industry-provided textbooks are permissible. [Domain Location: Policy 6, p 2] |
| 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 an educational program. [Domain Location: Policy 6, p 3] |
| Industry-funded promotional speaking relationships (not ACCME-accredited) |  |
Faculty are allowed to be involved in industry funded speaking engagements, but the policy has strong safeguards in place effectively preventing promotional speaking. [Domain Location: Policy 6, p 5] |
| Industry-support of ACCME-accredited CME | |
The policy allows industry-support of CME with central management of the funding. [Domain Location: Policy 6, p 4] |
| Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional events | |
Faculty, staff, students, and trainees are 'strongly discouraged' from participating/attending industry-funded marketing activities. [Domain Location: Policy 6, p 5] |
| 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 6, p 5] |
| Ghostwriting and honorary authorships | |
Ghostwriting and honorary authorship are strictly prohibited. [Domain Location: Policy 6, p 6] |
| Consulting and advising relationships | |
Consulting for marketing purposes is implicitly discouraged: 'Faculty may consult with industry to provide scientific advice, provided payment is at fair market value; the arrangement is governed by a written agreement specifying the service(s) to be prov [Domain Location: Policy 4, p 5] |
| 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 4] |
| 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 4] |
| Conflict of interest disclosure | |
Disclosure of financial relationships that constitute a COI is required both internally to the institution and externally to trainees/audiences during presentations. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p2, 4-5; Policy 5, p 1-8] |
| COI curriculum | |
Each JHM entity must publicize this policy to its faculty, staff, employees, trainees, and students.' However, no comprehensive COI curriculum was located. [Domain Location: Policy 6, p 7] |
| 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 where they are working. [Domain Location: Policy 6, p 1-2] |
| 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 2-10; Policy 5, p 8] |
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| Model policy |
| Good progress toward model policy |
 | No policy, or policy unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior |
