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University of Minnesota Medical School | |
| City: Minneapolis | State: MN | |
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Updates: This institution's COI policies were evaluated on Oct-17 -2016. This institution submitted policies for review for the 2016 AMSA Scorecard. |
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| Gifts |  |
No mention of educational gifts, but allowable gifts are conference materials (tote bag), institutional gifts. They do not mention if a value of a gift is <$10 it may be accepted. Only that employees are expected to exercise 'good judgment' [Domain Location: 14a, pg 4] |
| Meals | |
Meals may be accepted IF they're approved by employee's superior after the meal being offered in context that supports the education, research, or outreach mission of the University. The value of the meal is referenced in another document not supplied. [Domain Location: 14a, pg 4] |
| Industry-funded promotional speaking relationships (not ACCME-accredited) | |
Speaking is allowed under strict conditions, no funds are to be used to support the salary of the speaker, and the arrangement needs to be approved by a conflict review panel. [Domain Location: 14a, pg 3, section B] |
| Industry-support of ACCME-accredited CME |  |
Funding is in the form of a grant to the unit and it is unrestricted as to content and format; university retains ultimate control w respect to final selection of speakers/presentations/content. [Domain Location: 14a, pg 5, section 2] |
| Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional events | |
Attendance is allowed, but they may not accept compensation by the company. [Domain Location: 14a, pg 5 (section E.1.a)] |
| Industry-supported scholarships and awards | |
Business entity sponsorship of fellowships & scholarships may be accepted as long as it is in the form of a gift given to the [REDACTED] foundation without any expectation of reciprocity, and the business is not permitted to select recipient. Funds must b [Domain Location: 14a, pg 5] |
| Ghostwriting and honorary authorships | |
Ghostwriting explicitly listed as a prohibited activity. [Domain Location: 14a, pg 3] |
| Consulting and advising relationships | |
A list of prohibited activities (may not promote products for payment) in Section II.A - fee in market value, deliverables spelled out, and they have to be reviewed by a conflict Review Panel [Domain Location: 14a, pg 3 (section II.A) pg 5 (section D.1)] |
| Access of pharmaceutical sales representatives | |
Representatives only permitted by invitation [Domain Location: 14a, pg 6] |
| Access of medical device representatives | |
Representatives only permitted by invitation. It is unclear what activities are permitted. [Domain Location: 14a, pg 6] |
| Conflict of interest disclosure | |
Disclosed to everyone, internally, externally, patients, sponsors, and students. [Domain Location: 14a, pg 3] |
| COI curriculum | |
They properly address the criteria necessary for a 3 [Domain Location: 14z, pg 1] |
| Extension of COI policies to community affiliates | |
Does not apply to private clinician offices that students rotate through, but for residents - yes [Domain Location: 14z, pg 1] |
| Enforcement and Sanctions of Policies | |
Does not mention a party/committee or individual to whom violations should be reported. Just that a retrospective review would be made. Non-compliance with this policy may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment, as we [Domain Location: 14a, pg 7] |
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| Model policy |
| Good progress toward model policy |
 | No policy, or policy unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior |
