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WFUBMC Infinet -Conflict of Interest Page 2 of 6 <br />VIII. Personal Gifts from,Industry <br />IX. Institutional Gifts from Industry <br />X. Free Meals <br />XI. Advertising Materials <br />XII. Access o. f Medreal Serwce Representative. s (MSRs) <br />XIII. Free Samples <br />XIV. Free Services to Clinical Departments <br />XV. <br />Unless specified otherwise herein, penalties for violations of this policy will be imposed in accordance with applicable <br />policies of WFUBMC, WFUHS and NCBH. Possible penalties may include: reimbursement to WFUBMC, WFUHS or NCBH <br />for misused resources; formal reprimand for placement in employee or student file; ineligibility to participate in grant <br />applications or on committees: or other disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment or dismissal from <br />an educational or training program. Reports of suspected violations may be made to any of the individuals listed below, or <br />anonymously through the WFUBMC hotline, Suspected violations will be referred to the following for investigation and <br />sanctioning as appropriate: <br />Students: Associate Dean for Student Services <br />Staff: Human Resources <br />Faculty: President of WFUP, WFUHS President and Dean of the School of Medicine, or Senior <br /> Associate Dean <br />House Staff: President of WFUHS or Associate Dean for GME Policy <br />Policy <br />I. Certified Continuing Education (CCE) Activities and Noncertified Continuing Education (non- <br />CCE) Activities <br />Industry support of continuing education ("CE") can provide benefit to patients by ensuring that the most current, evidence- <br />based medical information is provided to healthcare practitioners. In order to ensure that potential for bias is minimized and <br />that CE programs are not a guise for marketing or off-label promotions, all CE events receiving Industry support or Industry <br />sponsorship that are hosted, sponsored, or jointly sponsored by the Medical Center must comply with the 2004 Updated <br />Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) Standards for Commercial Support of CME;_ Standards to <br />Ensure the Independence of t;ME. Activties (or other similarly rigorous, applicable standards required by other health <br />professions). whether or not CE credit is awarded for attendance at the event. All such agreements for Industry support <br />must comply with the Wake Forest University School of Medicine ("WFUSM") Office of Continuing Medical Education <br />("CME") policies. Any such educational activity must be open on equal terms to all interested practitioners, and may not be <br />limited to attendees selected by the company supporter(s). The same standards shall apply to Industry-supported non-CCE <br />activities as apply to Industry-supported CCE activities. A Medical Center committee shall be established to review <br />applications for Industry-supported non-CCE activities, and this committee will also manage logistics, including finances, of <br />these programs. <br />~' RETURN TO TOP <br />II. Ghost Writing and Guest Authorship <br />Faculty, staff, and students may not be listed as authors on any materials ghostwritten by Industry representatives or <br />someone acting on behalf of Industry. Faculty, staff, and students must always be responsible for the content of any <br />publications or presentations, including slides. See also WFUHS Authorship Guidelines, Page IV-70 of Operations and <br />Policy Manual, which provides guidance for scholarly publications. <br />"~ RETURN TO TOP <br />III. News Releases and News Media Contact <br />It is the policy of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center to disclose any potential or actual conflict of interest (COI) <br />related to an individual's financial interest in the sponsor of hislher research or in the ownership of a related entity or <br />intellectual property, such as new or experimental drugs, devices or therapies, or of a start-up business. All such <br />disclosures must comply with the policy on Conflict-of-Interest Procedure for. News Releases and News Media. Contact, <br />http://infinet.wfubmc.edu/COI/COI_Policy.html 7/15/2011 <br />