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Volume 14 (1)
Volume 14, Issue 1, 1994
J Contin Educ Health Prof 1994; 14(1):32-37
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Receiving Gifts from Commercial Companies Part 1: The Need for General Institutional Guidelines
R. Van Harrison, PhD
A b s t r a c t
With the development of new national guidelines concerning commercially supported CME, institutions that produce CME activities may end up with a double standard concerning commercial gifts: clear guidelines for CME activities and little guidance for non-CME activities. This article explains the need for developing general institutional guidelines for all gifts from commercial companies. CME administrators have a responsibility to inform their institutions of new national norms regarding commercial gifts and to assist their institutions in developing consistent policies and procedures to deal with commercial gifts for all of the institution's activities.
Keywords: Conflict of interest; continuing medical education; commercial support; guidelines
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