University of California, Riverside School of Medicine | ||
City: Riverside | State: CA | |
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Updates: This institution's COI policies were evaluated on Jun-13-2014. This institution has indicated their policies have not changed since they were evaluated for 2014 Scorecard. |
Gifts | No direct industry-funded gifts of any nature or value allowed. [Domain Location: Policy 10, p 4] |
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Meals | No industry-funded meals of any nature or value allowed except in the context of an educational grant provided to a department. [Domain Location: Policy 11, p 2] |
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Industry-funded promotional speaking relationships (not ACCME-accredited) | University of California system wide policy does not forbid participation in speakers bureaus, and UC Riverside does not have any additional policy covering this domain. [Domain Location: Email communication] |
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Industry-support of ACCME-accredited CME | UC Riverside follows ACCME standards for commercial support, and has no additional policies regarding industry funding. [Domain Location: Email communication] |
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Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional events | Faculty can attend dinner lectures but must pay for their own dinner. Vendors may not pay for travel or lodging to a conference for merely attending, or even for giving a lecture for the conference. [Domain Location: Policy 11, p 3] |
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Industry-supported scholarships and awards | Industry may provide scholarships to students and trainees for meeting attendance, but it may not participate in the selection of attendees, and all funds must be provided to the university and not directly to the trainee. [Domain Location: Policy 11, p 6] |
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Ghostwriting and honorary authorships | University of California system wide policy does not have a policy on ghostwriting, and UC Riverside does not have any additional policy covering this domain. [Domain Location: Email communication] |
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Consulting and advising relationships | All consulting arrangements with Industry must identify specific tasks and deliverables and contains payment provisions that are at fair market value and consistent with the assigned tasks. [Domain Location: Policy 11, p 3] |
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Access of pharmaceutical sales representatives | Pharmaceutical representatives are allowed to meet with faculty but the meetings must take place only in non-patient care areas and the meetings must take place by appointment only. [Domain Location: Policy 10, p 5] |
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Access of medical device representatives | Access by device manufacturer representatives to patient care areas is permitted by appointment or invitation by faculty members or clinic supervisors. Interactions with faculty must be limited to in-service training or assistance on devices and equipment [Domain Location: Policy 10, p 5] |
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Conflict of interest disclosure | Faculty must report annually any paid consulting arrangements, and these reports are public records. [Domain Location: Policy 10, p 7] |
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COI curriculum | 'All health care individuals to whom this policy applies shall receive training regarding interactions with health care vendors.' However, there is no description of the content of this curriculum. [Domain Location: Policy 10, p 7] |
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Extension of COI policies to community affiliates | Policies regarding gifts from vendors apply both on-campus and off-campus. However, there is not indication that the policy also applies to part-time or volunteer faculty. [Domain Location: Policy 11, p 3] |
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Enforcement and Sanctions of Policies | There is a party responsible for general oversight to ensure compliance with COI policies and there are sanctions for noncompliance. [Domain Location: Policy 1, p 10] |
Model policy | |
Good progress toward model policy | |
No policy, or policy unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior |