AMSA Pharm-free Scorecard 2016
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City: Lexington State: KY
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Updates: This institution's COI policies were evaluated on Oct-19 -2016.

This institution submitted policies for review for the 2016 AMSA Scorecard.

Gifts pie3

Explicit prohibition of unauthorized gift/favor. Gifts include anything of valued provided at no charge or at a discount.

[Domain Location: 33b, pg 1; 33d, pg 2]
Meals pie2

Meals are counted in with gifts and thusly prohibited unless it is in conjunction with an accredited CME program or if offered to all attendees.

[Domain Location: 33b, pg 1; 33d, pg 2]
Industry-funded promotional speaking relationships (not ACCME-accredited) pie3

They state no employee shall work as a sub-contractor, supplier, consultant. Speaking can fall under this statement. They also state later they not participate in speaker's Bureaus in which the SOM member doesn't have complete control over the content of

[Domain Location: 33b, pg 1; 33d, pg 2]
Industry-support of ACCME-accredited CME pie3

Not accepted unless the funding meets particular circumstances. Payment must be made to a pool and reps cannot be allowed to select topic/speaker.

[Domain Location: 33d, pg 4]
Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional events pie2

Attendance is allowed, but they cannot accept gifts/meals/imbursements.

[Domain Location: 33d, pg 4]
Industry-supported scholarships and awards pie2

Money accepted but there are safeguards in place to prevent industry from being involved in selection process. Does not apply to regional/national merit based awards or formal research grants supported by industry.

[Domain Location: 33d pg 4-5]
Ghostwriting and honorary authorships pie3

Ghost writing is considered academic policy and is NOT allowed.

[Domain Location: 33d, pg 2]
Consulting and advising relationships pie2

Consulting is allowed but need to go through an approval process. Contracts must contain clear deliverables. There is NO mention of 'best practices' or 'scientific purposes.' No prohibition of promotional services mentioned.

[Domain Location: 33d, pg 3]
Access of pharmaceutical sales representatives pie2

Access requires appointment and must be in non-care areas. No direct interaction with students/house staff unless supervised by faculty.

[Domain Location: 33d, pg 2]
Access of medical device representatives pie3

Same as domain 9. with addition of appropriate if there is a purchasing agreement that includes travel to a site for training, it is appropriate for vendor to pay for the travel, meals, lodging. Entertainment not appropriate.

[Domain Location: 33d, pg 2, pg 4]
Conflict of interest disclosure pie3

Annual disclosure of financial COI internally and externally at presentations.

[Domain Location: 33e, pg 1-3]
COI curriculum pie1

No mention of curriculum in any documents supplied.

[Domain Location: ]
Extension of COI policies to community affiliates pie3

Stated at the bottom of each document, it applies to 'Enterprise.'

[Domain Location: 33a, 33b, 33c, 33d, 33e]
Enforcement and Sanctions of Policies pie2

Only states whether an action would be in violation. No mention of ramifications of violations except for industry reps, whereupon the second warning they would be banned from premises. There is a Conflict of Interest Committee handle violations.

[Domain Location: 33e, pg 2]
What the results mean...
3Model policy
2Good progress toward model policy
1No policy, or policy unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior