Group wants to ban gifts to medical school students, faculty
Pharma Compliance Alert, April 30, 2008
Academic medical centers should not allow students, faculty, and staff members to accept gifts from pharmaceutical and medical device companies, according to a report by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
The AAMC created a model policy on the interactions between medical schools and the pharmaceutical and medical device industries after two years of study. That policy bans free food, gifts, travel, and ghost-writing services to physicians, staff members, and medical students. The 129 medical schools in the US do not have to abide by the recommendation.
In addition to banning gifts, food, and travel, the report recommends medical schools:
- Discourage faculty members from serving in industry-sponsored speakers’ bureaus
- Set up a centralized system to accept free drug samples
- Audit independent medical education seminars given by faculty members
- Restrict sales representatives’ access to individual physicians
- Establish and implement policies that require personnel to disclose any financial interest in any particular manufacturer of pharmaceuticals, devices, or equipment, or any provider of services
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