Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California | ||
City: Los Angeles | State: CA | |
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Updates: This institution's COI policies were evaluated on May-16-2014. This institution has indicated their policies have not changed since they were evaluated for 2014 Scorecard. |
Gifts | 'USC healthcare professionals may not accept gifts of any kind from industry, including food, branded items such as pens and notepads, even if such gifts are of nominal value.' [Domain Location: 3, p6] |
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Meals | No industry-funded meals of any nature or value allowed except in the funded of industry funded ACCME-accredited CME [Domain Location: 3, p6] |
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Industry-funded promotional speaking relationships (not ACCME-accredited) | 'Faculty are strongly discouraged from speaking as paid promotional speakers at industry sponsored events.' Speakers who choose to speak at such events must have control of the content of the presentation, and must ensure that the information is based on [Domain Location: 3, p6] |
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Industry-support of ACCME-accredited CME | Funding for CME courses may be earmarked for specific projects. There is no requirement of a central repository. [Domain Location: Policy 3, p 9] |
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Attendance of industry-sponsored promotional events | 'USC healthcare professionals may not accept any reimbursement from industry for meeting registration fees, transportation, lodging, or incidentals to defray the costs of attending the conference.' [Domain Location: 3,p9] |
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Industry-supported scholarships and awards | Industry may provide scholarships for meeting attendance, but it may not participate in the selection of attendees. [Domain Location: 3 p10] |
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Ghostwriting and honorary authorships | 'It is not permissible for USC healthcare professionals, students or trainees to allow their professional presentations to be ghostwritten by any party.' [Domain Location: 3 p14] |
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Consulting and advising relationships | Consulting arrangements must require 'necessary and legitimate services that are actually rendered' and must provide no more than fair market compensation. In addition, they must be submitted in advance for review and approval. [Domain Location: 3, p3] |
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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: 3, p13] |
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Access of medical device representatives | It is understood that site access by device manufacturers may be required for training or ongoing device refinement...It is unacceptable for a device representative to be in a patient care area solely for marketing purposes and with the intent of influen [Domain Location: 3, p13] |
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Conflict of interest disclosure | 'In an effort to maintain transparency in their relationships with Industry, USC policy requires that USC Healthcare Professionals disclose to their students, residents and fellows, any financial arrangement they may have or have had that relates to Indus [Domain Location: 3, p11; 6] |
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COI curriculum | COI curriculum is a required part of USC's Humanities, Ethics, Art, and Law (HEAL) curriculum, and takes place primarily during year III. [Domain Location: 5] |
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Extension of COI policies to community affiliates | The COI policy applies to faculty and trainees both on- and off-site, and covers all type of faculty, including part-time and voluntary. [Domain Location: 3, p2; phone communication with USC] |
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Enforcement and Sanctions of Policies | The Office of Compliance oversees compliance with COI policies as well as sanctions for non-compliance. [Domain Location: 3, p14] |
Model policy | |
Good progress toward model policy | |
No policy, or policy unlikely to have a substantial effect on behavior |