University of Maryland School of Medicine | ||
City: Baltimore | State: MD | |
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Updates: This institution's COI policies were evaluated on Oct-20 -2016. This institution submitted policies for review for the 2016 AMSA Scorecard. |
Gifts | School faculty, staff and students may not accept any gift from industry, whether given at the School or at another location. [Domain Location: 37a, pg 4] |
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Meals | School faculty, staff and students may not accept any gift from industry, including food, whether given at the School or at another location. Industry representatives may not bring or serve food for medical education conferences or pay directly for physic [Domain Location: 37a, pg 4] |
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Industry-funded promotional speaking relationships (not ACCME-accredited) | Industry-sponsored speaking is prohibited by policy. After careful review the Dean may grant an exemption to this policy if the following are satisfied: the faculty member must present their own scholarly work, they must have complete control of content a [Domain Location: 37z, pg 2] |
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Industry-support of ACCME-accredited CME | Policy allows for industry funding, given that the University Foundation and Office of Research and Development oversees the request, grant management and reconcilliation process. This language alone does not indicate that industry funds are placed in a b [Domain Location: 37a, pg 5] |
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Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional events | School faculty and students may not participate in non?ACCME?accredited industry sponsored events, as attendees or as speakers, if industry designs or plans or otherwise controls the content of the event. [Domain Location: 37a, pg 5] |
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Industry-supported scholarships and awards | Faculty, staff and students must not accept free or discounted travel (including transportation, lodging, meals, and all other costs) or gifts of travel funds from industry.' However, the policy also states that all scholarships and other educational fund [Domain Location: 37a, pg 6] |
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Ghostwriting and honorary authorships | Prohibited. 'School faculty and students may not allow their professional scholarly papers or presentations of any kind, oral or written, to be ghostwritten by any person from industry, a medical education company, or another individual or organization wi [Domain Location: 37a, pg 6] |
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Consulting and advising relationships | School of Medicine faculty and staff are required to obtain prior approval for consulting and other external professional activities that involve interaction with industry, whether or not compensation is involved. 'Industry-Sponsored consulting is activel [Domain Location: 37a, pg 1; 37z, pg 2] |
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Access of pharmaceutical sales representatives | Policy notes that 'Interactions of School faculty, staff and students with representatives of industry associated with health care or medical education must consistently reflect the principles of professional accountability and professionalism in all medi [Domain Location: 37a, pg 3] |
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Access of medical device representatives | Medical device reps are a part of definition of 'industry.' See domain 9. Access by device manufacturers to patient care areas should be permitted only when the representatives have been appropriately credentialed by the clinical site and at the invitatio [Domain Location: 37a, pg 3] |
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Conflict of interest disclosure | Faculty must disclose their relevant relationships with industry when presenting at programs.' 'Regarding COI Disclosure policy: annual disclosure is required of all faculty, and annual attestation of compliance with SOM disclosure policy is now required [Domain Location: 37a, pg 6; 37z, pg 2] |
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COI curriculum | Required and extensive. [Domain Location: 37z, pg 1] |
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Extension of COI policies to community affiliates | Required of all adjunct faculty and affiliated hospitals/clinics [Domain Location: 37z, pg 1] |
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Enforcement and Sanctions of Policies | Disciplinary actions outlined and headed by SOM Judicial Board. [Domain Location: 37a, pg 7] |
Model policy | |
Good progress toward model policy | |
No policy, or policy unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior |