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Table 4 Frequency of model COI policies by individual domains, 2013 vs. 2014

From: The updated AMSA scorecard of conflict-of-interest policies: a survey of U.S. medical schools

COI Domain

Model COI Policies, No. (%)a

p

2013 Scorecard Grading

2014 Scorecard Grading

(n = 158)

(n = 160)

Disclosure

39 (24.7 %)

51 (31.7 %)

0.15

Speakers’ bureausb

43 (27.2 %)

79 (49.4 %)

< 0.0001

Continuing medical education

101 (63.9 %)

5 (3.1 %)

< 0.0001

Attendance of promotional events

N/A

25 (15.6 %)

n/a

Pharmaceutical sales representativesb

4 (2.5 %)

9 (5.6 %)

0.26

Medical device representatives

N/A

91 (56.9 %)

n/a

COI curriculum

81 (51.3 %)

34 (21.3 %)

< 0.0001

Extension of COI policies

N/A

50 (31.3 %)

n/a

Giftsc

93 (58.9 %)

79 (49.4 %)

0.09

Mealsc

93 (58.9 %)

24 (15 %)

< 0.0001

Consulting

71 (44.9 %)

26 (16.3 %)

< 0.0001

Ghostwriting

N/A

105 (65.6 %)

n/a

Scholarships

121 (76.6 %)

3 (1.9 %)

< 0.0001

Enforcement

N/A

126 (78.8 %)

n/a

  1. Notes: aModel policy defined as scoring a ‘3’ within the AMSA Scorecard codebook
  2. bCOI domains with model criteria that were identical in 2013 and 2014; all other criteria for model policies were changed in 2014
  3. cGifts and meals were scored as one domain, “gifts”, in the 2013 version