Relations between professional medical associations and healthcare industry, concerning scientific communication and continuing medical education: a Policy Statement from the European Society of Cardiology

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doi:10.1016/j.repce.2012.05.008

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“…Some commentators view any industry involvement in medical education of physicians as unacceptable (13), while others take a more nuanced and pragmatic view (14,15).…”

Section: Greater Industry Engagement In Education and Its Impactmentioning

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The Medical Profession, Industry, and Continuing Medical Education: Finding the Balance That's Right for Patients

Kearney

Simoons

Rydén

et al. 2019

The American Journal of Medicine

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Provision and participation in formal external continuing medical education (CME) is costly. Employer or state support of CME is the exception rather than the rule. The medical industry has supported both providers and consumers of educational activities, leading to concerns of commercial bias. Recent medical industry initiatives in Europe to improve the transparency of the relationship between industry and the profession, including the field of medical education, have had the paradoxical effect of the industry playing an increasingly direct role in the provision of physician education. Funding of medical professional society annual congresses has been directly and indirectly jeopardised. Acknowledging that there are areas of co-operation in the field of education between the medical profession and the medical industry from which both can benefit, we argue that medical education requires an objective approach that the primary fiduciary duty of medical industry companies precludes. Medical professional societies, as not-forprofit organisations whose core mission is the development and promotion of best practice, are best placed to guide and deliver medical education to their members.

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“…Some commentators view any industry involvement in medical education of physicians as unacceptable (13), while others take a more nuanced and pragmatic view (14,15).…”

Section: Greater Industry Engagement In Education and Its Impactmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Medical Profession, Industry, and Continuing Medical Education: Finding the Balance That's Right for Patients

Kearney

Simoons

Rydén

et al. 2019

The American Journal of Medicine

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“…19 The most prevalent opinion, shared by ESC, supports a pragmatic approach that maintains a partnership with industry in a clear governance framework that includes rigorous transparency, and strict rules to avoid commercial bias in individual content. 19,20 The ESC appreciates the support for CME from industry and realizes that, under the current regulations, new modes of support must be explored, including grants to the ESC, designed to support individual participants to attend specific educational programmes and grants to develop educational programmes, registries (EORP) or other specific educational products. The ESC may also apply for long-term support (5 or 6 years) for topic-oriented educational programmes based on ESC guidelines, followed by a registry to assess the extent of adherence to the guidelines, which in turn informs subsequent updates of these guidelines and leads to improved educational programmes ( Figure 3).…”

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The future of continuing medical education: the roles of medical professional societies and the health care industry

Board¹

2018

European Heart Journal

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In recent years, wide ranging biomedical innovation has provided powerful new approaches for prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases. In order to translate such innovation into effective practice, physicians must frequently update their knowledge base and skills through continuing medical education and training. Medical Professional Societies, run as not-for-profit organizations led by peers, are uniquely placed to deliver balanced, disease oriented and patient centred education. The medical industry has a major role in the development of new, improved technology, devices and medication. In fact, the best innovations have been achieved through collaboration with scientists, clinical academics and practicing physicians. Industry has for many years been committed to ensure the optimal and safe application of its products by providing unrestricted support of medical education developed and delivered by international and national learned societies. Recently adopted Codes of Practice for the Pharmaceutical and Device industry were intended to enhance public trust in the relationship between biomedical industry and physicians. Unexpectedly, changes resulting from adoption of the Codes have limited the opportunity for unconditional industry support of balanced medical education in favour of a more direct involvement of industry in informing physicians about their products. We describe the need for continuing medical education in Cardiovascular Medicine in Europe, interaction between the medical profession and medical industry, and propose measures to safeguard the provision of high quality, balanced medical education.

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“…8,9 Since publication of the BPGs, PMAs have increasingly offered statements of general principles regarding their relationship with industry. 11,12 Although this action reflects some initiative, it may also obscure the specific financial, educational, and professional relationships that the PMAs have with industry.…”

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Pediatric Professional Medical Associations and Industry Guideline Compliance

2015

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There has been an increasing focus on the relationship between pediatric prescribers and the biomedical industry. There is a lack of research, however, on the biomedical industry's relationship with the professional medical associations (PMAs) of pediatric prescribers. We developed a systematic method to assess this relationship by evaluating PMA transparency and compliance with a set of 2009 best practice guidelines (BPGs).METHODS: Nine PMAs rated as having the greatest influence on pediatric prescribers were examined. Two researchers independently coded publicly accessible information from the PMAs' Web sites for transparency and compliance with 36 BPG recommendations. Using the coded data, an industry relationship index (IRI) score was developed to systematize comparisons across PMAs. RESULTS:The PMAs demonstrated transparency and compliance with less than one-half of the 2009 BPGs (mean 6 SD: 30.2 6 15.6; range: 8-51 on the 66-point IRI scale). Two PMAs clustered in the high IRI (more transparent and compliant) group, 3 in the medium group, and 4 in the low group. There was no significant association of IRI group status and the PMAs' number of members or age. PMAs were least compliant with recommendations that prohibit or limit financial relationships with industry.CONCLUSIONS: PMAs with influence on pediatric prescribers have achieved only limited transparency and compliance with a set of 2009 BPGs, particularly with respect to financial separation from industry. Use of quantifiable standards of conduct facilitates comparisons between organizations and may enhance public trust in PMAs, preserving their ability to achieve organizational goals. WHAT'S KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT:There has been increasing legislative and regulatory focus on the relationships of pediatric prescribers and industry. Pediatric professional medical association (PMA) and industry relationships, however, are relatively unstudied and lack a systematic method of assessment. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:This cross-sectional study used a new quantitative scale, the industry relationship index, to systematically rate 9 pediatric PMAs with respect to best practice guidelines on interactions with the biomedical industry, revealing significant variation in PMA practices.

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Relations between professional medical associations and healthcare industry, concerning scientific communication and continuing medical education: a Policy Statement from the European Society of Cardiology

Cited by 6 publications

References 36 publications

The Medical Profession, Industry, and Continuing Medical Education: Finding the Balance That's Right for Patients

The Medical Profession, Industry, and Continuing Medical Education: Finding the Balance That's Right for Patients

The future of continuing medical education: the roles of medical professional societies and the health care industry

Pediatric Professional Medical Associations and Industry Guideline Compliance

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