AMA MSS I-10 Resolution 16

MSS ACTION: MSS RESOLUTION 16 ADOPTED AS AMENDED.

RESOLVED, That our AMA-MSS ask the AMA to work with the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine 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 database(s) that exist or will be created by 2013 as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590 Section 6002); and be it further

RESOLVED, That our AMA-MSS ask the AMA to work with the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine 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.