No benefits, gifts or accommodations of any nature, including unrestricted grants, may be solicited, offered, or accepted...

The policy does not allow for meals during continuing education events, but does allow for modest expense of meals at non CME events, but should be coordinated with the school or department. Therefore the policy does appear to have restriction on meals fr

The policy clearly states that the person creating the presentation should not require approval from health care vendor and should be based on best scientific literature, which would imply educational not promotional. Therefore policy meets these 2 standa

No faculty, resident, staff employee, School and/or Department shall accept or receive any subsidy from a Health Care Vendor to support the cost of continuing education...

There is mention of discouragement about receiving compensation for travel, lodging and fees for conferences from health care vendors, however attendees are not allowed to receive money to attend conference. Speakers/moderators are restricted to their rei

Allowed to accept scholarships from health care vendor, but there are stipulations associated with scholarship that are clearly defined in policy.

Faculty, staff, residents and students shall not publish articles under their own names that are written in whole or in part by Health Care Vendor employees, contractors or representatives (i.e., ?ghost-written?.). The International Committee of Medical J

Does not discourage consulting, but does state that arrangements must be in writing and approved by faculty member's immediate supervisor and fess represent fair market value for actual work performed.

No specific area discussed that examines access of pharmaceutical sales reps

There is no specific area of policy that discusses this topic. Health care vendors are broadly defined as medical device reps among others, but not area of the policy discusses how these people should interact with faculty.

Faculty are required to disclose annually any COIs that may be present both internally and externally.

There is no mention of curriculum in the policy, therefore there is no mention for training for medical students regarding COI. There is mention on 19b page 7 of training for non-compliance to policy, but this is not likely to meet threshold for COI trai

Policy applies to and defines Employee: An Employee is anyone who receives a W-2 from the Institution, including temporary, part- time or full-time faculty, residents and staff who receive payment from Institution.

There is a COI committee that provides general oversight about COI and reports directly to the board of regents and there are defined sanctions for non-compliance to these policies.