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Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine | |
| City: Bryan | State: TX | |
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Updates: This institution's COI policies were evaluated on Jun-15-2014. This institution submitted policies for review for the 2014 AMSA 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 |  |
The policy generally allows non-monetary gifts if the financial worth of such gifts is <$50. [Domain Location: Policy 29, p12] |
| Meals | |
The policy considers food to be a type of gift and places no restrictions on it. [Domain Location: Policy 29, p12] |
| Industry-funded promotional speaking relationships (not ACCME-accredited) | |
The policy discusses all consulting generally, which needs to be disclosed and pre-approved, but does not place any limits on external speaking employment. [Domain Location: Policy 27, p1-2] |
| Industry-support of ACCME-accredited CME |  |
The policy allows industry funding if it is submitted to a general fund, which cannot be used for a particular person or activity within a general event. [Domain Location: Policy 29, p11-12] |
| Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional events | |
The policy allows industry funding of trainee travel to events. [Domain Location: Policy 29, p12] |
| Industry-supported scholarships and awards | |
The policy allows scholarships from industry as long as the pool of winners is picked by a non-industry panel. Individual winners from that pool may be selected by industry. [Domain Location: Policy 29, p13] |
| Ghostwriting and honorary authorships | |
[Domain Location: No policy found] |
| Consulting and advising relationships | |
The policy states that consulting activities need to be disclosed and pre-approved, but does not place any limits on content of consulting relationships. [Domain Location: Policy 27, p1-2] |
| Access of pharmaceutical sales representatives | |
The policy allows site visits by invitation and appointment only, for 'educational purposes' but does not expressly prohibit marketing activities [Domain Location: Policy 29, p 11] |
| Access of medical device representatives | |
The policy allows site visits by invitation and appointment only, for 'educational purposes' or for demonstration/training of equipment, but does not expressly prohibit marketing activities or discuss where these activities may take place. [Domain Location: Policy 29, p 11] |
| Conflict of interest disclosure | |
The policy requires internal disclosure only [Domain Location: Policy 18, p3-4] |
| COI curriculum | |
A COI curriculum is provided to medical students by each teaching hospital affiliate, and the content is not controlled by the college. [Domain Location: Submission sheet] |
| Extension of COI policies to community affiliates | |
The policy is applicable to all faculty members, staff members and trainees, but does not apply to all affiliated settings. [Domain Location: Policy 18, p1] |
| Enforcement and Sanctions of Policies |  |
The policy identifies parties responsible for enforcement and the existence of sanctions for noncompliance. [Domain Location: Policy 18, p1-4] |
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| Model policy |
| Good progress toward model policy |
| No policy, or policy unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior |
