Conflict of interest and professional medical associations: the North American Spine Society experience

Schofferman, Jerome; Eskay-Auerbach, Marjorie; Sawyer, Laura S.; Herring, Stanley A.; Arnold, Paul M.; Muehlbauer, Eric J.

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2012.08.019

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“…Major spine societies have already implemented self-regulated disclosure policies. 2,8 Disclosure allows the parties involved to be informed, to help assess the risk/benefit of a given COI scenario.…”

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Surgeon-industry conflict of interest: survey of opinions regarding industry-sponsored educational events and surgeon teaching

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Object Conflict of interest (COI) as it applies to medical education and training has become a source of considerable interest, debate, and regulation in the last decade. Companies often pay surgeons as faculty for educational events and often sponsor and give financial support to major professional society meetings. Professional medical societies, industry, and legislators have attempted to regulate potential COI without consideration for public opinion. The practice of evidence-based medicine requires the inclusion of patient opinion along with best available evidence and expert opinion. The primary goal of this study was to assess the opinion of the general population regarding surgeon-industry COI for education-related events. Methods A Web-based survey was administered, with special emphasis on the surgeon's role in industry-sponsored education and support of professional societies. A survey was constructed to sample opinions on reimbursement, disclosure, and funding sources for educational events. Results There were 501 completed surveys available for analysis. More than 90% of respondents believed that industry funding for surgeons' tuition and travel for either industry-sponsored or professional society educational meetings would either not affect the quality of care delivered or would cause it to improve. Similar results were generated for opinions on surgeons being paid by industry to teach other surgeons. Moreover, the majority of respondents believed it was ethical or had no opinion if surgeons had such a relationship with industry. Respondents were also generally in favor of educational conferences for surgeons regardless of funding source. Disclosures of a surgeon-industry relationship, especially if it involves specific devices that may be used in their surgery, appears to be important to respondents. Conclusions The vast majority of respondents in this study do not believe that the quality of their care will be diminished due to industry funding of educational events, for surgeon tuition, and/or travel expenses. The results of this study should help form the basis of policy and continued efforts at surgeon-industry COI management.

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Surgeon-industry conflict of interest: survey of opinions regarding industry-sponsored educational events and surgeon teaching

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Dvorak

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“…In addition, expiring IPR enables vendors exercise market control to the detriment of pharmaceutical customer 6. Professional associations (Schofferman et al 2013) Current policies of disclosure and divestment adopted by the North American Spine Society and how these policies have evolved to avoid detrimental impact on membership, attendance at annual meetings, finances, or leadership recruitment 7. Giving prizes for innovation of new medicines and vaccines by government agencies (Love and Hubbard 2009) Various reward systems to inspire mega cash prizes that are: 1.…”

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A Framework for Understanding Ethical and Efficiency Issues in Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property Litigation

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“…Reporting transparency in research is imperative, especially as this relates to a consensus process that makes recommendations for the management of important high impact health disorders in low-and middle-income countries. A group of experts may exert undue influence on policies and healthcare decisions; therefore, it is especially important to be transparent about the consensus process and to describe the qualifications, possible biases, and conflicts of interest of each participant [1][2][3][4][5]. Based on the assumption that no author is free from potential bias or conflicts of interest, reporting of conflicts and biases and providing transparency are important to any policy maker, government agency, or institutions attempting to interpret these recommendations.…”

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The Global Spine Care Initiative: methodology, contributors, and disclosures

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Conflict of interest and professional medical associations: the North American Spine Society experience

Cited by 15 publications

References 22 publications

Surgeon-industry conflict of interest: survey of opinions regarding industry-sponsored educational events and surgeon teaching

Surgeon-industry conflict of interest: survey of opinions regarding industry-sponsored educational events and surgeon teaching

A Framework for Understanding Ethical and Efficiency Issues in Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property Litigation

The Global Spine Care Initiative: methodology, contributors, and disclosures

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