Module 3: Professionalism and Gifts to Physicians from Industry

The resource material on this page is intended for instructors who wish to present Module 3 of the American Medical Association's What You Should Know About Gifts to Physicians From Industry to a group. This module explores in greater detail the issue of professionalism as it relates to conflicts of interest and gifts.

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Presenter's guide (PDF, 1MB)
Participant's handout (PDF, 560KB)
PowerPoint presentation (190KB)

Instructions:

This module is available both in a compressed (zipped) format and as individual, uncompressed documents:

• AMA_M3_PG.pdf (a presenter's guide)
• AMA_M3_PH.pdf (participant's handout package material)
• AMA_M3.ppt (the PowerPoint® slide show in PowerPoint 97 or later)

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The presenter's guide contains complete instructions to help you deliver a successful and effective presentation with a minimum of preparation time. Reading it in its entirety will ensure that presenting any of the four modules in the American Medical Association's What You Should Know About Gifts to Physicians From Industry will be an enjoyable and rewarding experience for both you and your attendees.

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Disclosure of conflict of interest:

The ACCME Standards require that all CME activities disclose the existence of any relationships the planning committee members and faculty have with the sponsor or manufacturer of any commercial product (s) discussed in an educational presentation. In compliance, and to assure the highest quality of CME programming, the following disclosures are provided:

Authors:
Beverley D. Rowley, PhD
R. Van Harrison, PhD
Andrew M. Thomas, MD, MBA

Beverley D. Rowley, PhD has been in medical education for over 30 years and on the faculty at two medical schools with experience in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education. Her training in medical behavioral science has led to research in understanding physician’s definitions of professionalism and working conditions for residents and medical students. Before starting her own consulting company, she was Director of Medical Education for a large teaching hospital in Arizona with responsibility for medical education, research and the library. Dr. Rowley also coordinated the development of the AMA-FREIDA system for the AMA.

R. Van Harrison, PhD, is a Professor of Medical Education and Director of the Office of Continuing Medical Education at the University of Michigan Medical School. His training as a social psychologist emphasized individual behavior in organizational settings. A major interest is the evaluation and improvement of physician performance in the delivery of health care, including the developing clinical guidelines, developing measures of clinical performance, and designing changes at the individual and organizational levels to improve care. He has also extensively studied the operation of continuing medical education units at medical schools in the U.S. and Canada.

Andrew M. Thomas, MD, MBA, is an actively practicing general internist on the faculty of the Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor within the Division of General Internal Medicine. Beyond his inpatient and outpatient clinical responsibilities, Dr. Thomas is actively involved in medical student/resident education, medical education administration as Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education, and medical administration. Dr. Thomas’s areas of emphasis in education focus on areas of ethics, socio-economics and general clinical education. From 1997-1999, Dr. Thomas served as the Resident Trustee on the American Medical Association (AMA) Board of Trustees.

Authors have no relationship with companies who provided unrestricted educational grants to this program.

In collaboration with the Working Group for the Communication of Ethical Guidelines for Gifts to Physicians from Industry and its Educational Advisory Committee chaired by R. Van Harrison, PhD. University of Michigan School of Medicine.

Project manager: Beverley D. Rowley, Ph.D. Medical Education and Research Associates, Inc. Tempe Arizona

An American Medical Association initiative to increase awareness and support of ethical guidelines. Produced 2003.

The development and distribution of these materials is made possible through unrestricted educational grants from: American Medical Association, AstraZeneca, Bayer Corporation, Eli Lilly & Co., Glaxo Merck & Company, Pfizer Inc, Pharmacia Corporation, Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals, and Wyeth-Ayerst Labs.

Off-label usage:

The content of this CME publication does not contain discussion of off-label uses.