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Medical Student COI Disclosure

Encouraging Medical Student Professionalism: Affirming Institutional Financial Disclosure Policies During Undergraduate Medical Education
American Medical Association House of Delegates

RESOLVED, That our American Medical Association work with the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine  (AACOM) to encourage the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the American Osteopathic Association Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation to require all medical schools to make known to students the existence of the physician-industry financial disclosure databases that exist or will be created by 2013 as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Directive to Take Action); and be it further

RESOLVED, That our AMA work with AAMC and AACOM to encourage all medical school faculty to model professional behavior to students by disclosing the existence of financial ties with industry, in accordance with existing disclosure policies at each respective medical school. (Directive to Take Action)

Encouraging Medical Student Professionalism and Patient Safety: Affirming Institutional Financial Disclosure Policies During Medical Education
University of Colorado School of Medicine
[Full Text of Resolution]

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the University of Colorado School of Medicine incorporate curriculum during that focuses on the merits of academic-industry collaboration and the benefits of disclosing academic-industry financial relationships;

AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that during lectures [involving medical students], faculty members should declare, verbally or on a slide or lecture handout, the existence of financial ties as disclosed on the UCSOM Conflict of Interest and Commitment Disclosure form by stating either: “I have financial ties that relate to the content of this presentation that are disclosed to the university [and list relevant ties];” or "I have no financial ties to report;"

AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, a disclosure statement shall also be encouraged [during] small group seminars, clinical experiences, and mentored research activities, if the subject matter discussed by the faculty member is directly related to a financial tie disclosed on the UCSOM Conflict of Interest and Commitment Disclosure form.