Online educational resources

The AMA’s national initiative on The Communication of Ethical Guidelines for Gifts to Physicians from Industry offers four free online modules for CME credit.

Each educational module is available in two formats:

• Online self-study for CME credit; and
• Downloadable resources educators can use to build one-hour learning experiences.

The four free modules include:

1. Overview of Ethical, Professional, and Legal Issues for Physicians' Relationships with Industry
Online self-study   Downloadable resources for educators

2. Physicians’ Expectations of Industry and Sales Personnel
Online self-study   Downloadable resources for educators

3. Professionalism and Gifts to Physicians from Industry
Online self-study   Downloadable resources for educators

4. American Medical Association Ethical Guidelines on Gifts to Physicians from Industry
Online self-study   Downloadable resources for educators

The educational modules will help satisfy Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirements for education on professionalism and industry professional relationships as well as similar requirements by the American Board of Medical Specialties.

Physicians can earn AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^™ for the online self-study version. Local sites can issue CME credit for the classroom version of the downloadable educational modules.

These modules are for educational purposes only, and do not constitute legal advice. Laws that are referred to in these modules are subject to change and federal and state agencies are constantly updating their interpretive guidance concerning the pharmaceutical industry and its relationship with physicians. For further information, please consult with qualified legal counsel to ensure compliance with appropriate legal requirements.

The following organizations have supported this project as participants on the Working Group for Communication of Ethical Guidelines on Gifts to Physicians from Industry:

• Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
• AdvaMed
• Alliance for Continuing Medical Education
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine
• American College of Surgeons
• American Medical Association
  · Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs
  · Council on Medical Education
  · Resident Physician Section
  · Medical Student Section
  · Young Physician Section
• American Medical Association Industry Roundtable Steering Committee
• American Osteopathic Association
• American Psychiatric Association
• American Society of Anesthesiology
• AstraZeneca
• Bayer Corporation
• Coalition for Health Care Communications
• Council on Medical Specialty Societies
• Eli Lilly & Co
• Glaxo
• Merck & Company, Inc
• National Medical Association
• Pfizer, Inc
• Pharmacia Corporation
• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
• Thomson Physicians World
• Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals
• Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Wyeth-Ayerst Pharmaceuticals

The Educational Advisory Committee membership:

• R. Van Harrison, Ph.D., University of Michigan, chair
• DeWitt C. Baldwin, Jr. M. D., American Medical Association, scholar-In-Residence
• Linda Blank, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Deborah Danoff, M. D. Association of American Medical Colleges
• Sameer Bade, M. D. American Medical Association, Resident Physicians Section
• Jim Benson, AdvaMed
• Jannette Collin, M. D. Med, University of Wisconsin
• Mark Horn, M. D. Pfizer, Inc.
• Martin Levine, D. O. American Osteopathic Association
• Maureen Doyle Scharff, Pharmacia Corporation