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Saint Louis University School of Medicine | |
| City: St. Louis | State: MO | |
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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 gift of any value can be accepted. [Domain Location: 28a, pg 3 Sect. 5.2] |
| Meals | |
Food is perceived as a gift and represents the same challenges and influence to health professionals. Accepting food directly from or through direct support of a company is prohibited. Food is only acceptable if anonymously from multiple sources so that [Domain Location: 28a pg 3-4 Sect. 5.3] |
| Industry-funded promotional speaking relationships (not ACCME-accredited) |  |
This goes under the document's industry sponsored presentations (sect 5.7 which goes under sect 5.4 ; educational grants from industry. Which need to have legitimate educational merit. (would meet external scrutiny by non-specialist. However, there is no [Domain Location: 28a, pg 4 sect 5.7 --> 5.4] |
| Industry-support of ACCME-accredited CME | |
Falls under central, blinded pool for CME funding for food. Ensures that this is educational, not promotional. [Domain Location: 28a, pg 4. Sect 5.3, 5.4f] |
| Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional events | |
Discouraged, allowed, have to go through a committee. They are prohibited for travel. Must go through committee, must be for training, gen education, or faculty development. [Domain Location: 28a, pg 4, sect 5.5] |
| Industry-supported scholarships and awards | |
Sect. 5.5: Support for conference attendees is prohibited unless the conference is part of a training, general education or faculty development program approved in advance by the program, department, and the school. [Domain Location: 28a, pg 4] |
| Ghostwriting and honorary authorships | |
Individuals prohibited from attaching their names to articles/materials written wholly or in part by health care products company employees unless their own personal contributions warrant authorship. [Domain Location: 28a, pg 5 sect 5.8] |
| Consulting and advising relationships | |
marketing/commercial activities/purposes are not specified as prohibited, but they do have to go through a review and have clear deliverables spelled out in the contract. [Domain Location: 28a, pg 3, sect 5.1] |
| Access of pharmaceutical sales representatives | |
Trainees may not meet with industry representatives. However faculty and staff can by appt only and in non-patient care areas. There can be no promotional material unless 'counter detailing' is available from faculty/staff. Applies on both on campus and o [Domain Location: 28a, pg 5, sect. 5.9] |
| Access of medical device representatives | |
Industry representatives' are understood to include medical device reps based on policy section, while not explicitly stated. Access is by appointment only and only in 'specific, non-patient care areas.' [Domain Location: 28a, pg 5, sect. 5.9] |
| Conflict of interest disclosure | |
Disclosure internally and externally to trainees/audiences. [Domain Location: 28a pg 3, 4, 5, 6, 8] |
| COI curriculum | |
Curriculum is mandatory, headed by the committee, section 5.11. Unable to determine adequacy of curriculum with out documents detailing what it specifically covers. [Domain Location: 28a, pg 5-6, sect 5.11; 28z, pg 1] |
| Extension of COI policies to community affiliates | |
Yes, it applies on and off campus and includes trainees' own time [Domain Location: 28z, pg 1; 28a, pg 5 sect 5.9] |
| Enforcement and Sanctions of Policies | |
Failures outlined in reporting requirements and are headed up by committee on oversight of health care professional conflict of interests. [Domain Location: 28a, pg 8-9, sect 7.2] |
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| Model policy |
| Good progress toward model policy |
 | No policy, or policy unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior |
