AMSA Pharm-free Scorecard 2009

Latest News

 

June 1st, 2010

 

Assessment Updates:

Washington University School of Medicine submitted new policies to the Scorecard for reassessment on February 22nd, 2010, after the 2009 assessment period had ended. New policies will be assessed for the 2010 Scorecard, until which time Washington University's grade has been changed from a B to "In Process".

 

May 25th, 2010

 

Assessment Updates:

Temple University Medical School promulgated revised COI policies in July 2009 but submitted these to the Scorecard for reassessment on February 15th, 2010, after the 2009 assessment period had ended. New policies will be assessed for the 2010 Scorecard, until which time Temple's grade has been changed from a D to "In Process".


February 1st, 2010

 

Assessment Updates:

Duke University School of Medicine has been reassessed. Their grade has improved from a D to a C.


January 5th, 2010

 

Assessment Updates:

Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California has been assessed as a B.


December 15th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

Stanford University School of Medicine has been reassessed. Their grade has improved from a B to an A.


December 4th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine has been reassessed. The domain scores for gifts and meals, disclosure, and industry scholarship support have increased. The overall grade remains a B.

Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center has been assessed as a B.


November 25th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine has been updated after the provision of additional draft policies. Their status is in process. Their provisional grade improves from an F to a C.


November 11th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

Boston University School of Medicine has been reassessed. Their grade remains a B.

Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College has been assessed as a B.


October 6th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

Duke University School of Medicine has submitted additional policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.


October 5th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

Albany Medical College has been assessed as a B.

Dartmouth Medical School has been reassessed. Their grade improves from a D to a B.


October 2nd, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine has been assessed as a B.


September 28th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

University of Virginia School of Medicine has been updated after the provision of additional policies. Their grade improves from a C to a B.

Loma Linda University Adventist Health Sciences Center submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.


September 18th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

University of Nevada School of Medicine has been updated after the provision of additional policies. Their grade improves from a D to a C.


September 8th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine has been updated. The domain score for disclosure has increased from a 1 to a 2. This has not affected the overall grade.

University of Maryland School of Medicine has been updated. The domain score for pharmaceutical samples has been changed from a 1 to Not Applicable. The grade has increased from a B to an A.

Jefferson Medical College has submitted new policies for review on 8/24/2009. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.

Oregon Health Sciences University has submitted new policies for review on 8/14/09. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days.

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine has submitted new policies for provisional review on 9/7/09. The assessment will be updated within 60 days, though due to in-process status, the grade will remain an I.

 

 

August 24th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

 

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been assessed as a D.

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine has been assessed as a B.

University of Florida College of Medicine has been assessed as a B.


August 18th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

 

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine has been reassessed. Their grade remains a B.

Ohio State University College of Medicine has been updated after the provision of final policies. Their grade improves from In-Process (with a provisional D) to a B.

Dartmouth Medical School has been has been updated after the provision of curricular materials. Their grade remains a D.



August 17th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

 

George Washington University School of Medicine has been assessed as a D.

University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine has been assessed as a A.

University of South Alabama - College of Medicine has been assessed as an F.

University of Washington School of Medicine has been assessed as a B.

Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin Universityhas been assessed as a B.



August 13th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

 

University of Alabama Birmingham School of Medicine has been updated after the provision of final policies. Their grade improves from an I to a C.


August 7th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

 

Medical University of South Carolina has been updated after the provision of an additional policy. Their grade remains a B.



July 31st, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

 

Albany Medical College has submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.


July 8th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

 

The following school has been updated: Emory University School of Medicine (B)


July 2nd, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

 

Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine has submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.


June 27th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

 

Boston University School of Medicinehas submitted additional policies for review. These policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days.


June 25th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

 

University of Florida College of Medicine has submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.


June 22nd, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:


Dartmouth Medical School has submitted additional policies for review. These policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.


June 18th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

 

Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University has submitted final policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.

West Virginia School of Medicine has submitted revised policies for review and requested a reassessment. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.

 

Ohio State University College of Medicine has submitted additional policies for review. These policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.


June 17th, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

 

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine has submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.

Stanford University School of Medicine has requested a reassessment. An In Process designation will remain in place until the reassessment is complete, no later than 60 days.

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine has requested a reassessment, which will be completed within 60 days.



June 16th, 2009


The AMSA PharmFree Scorecard released a new set of policy assessments for 2009.


Assessment Updates:

 

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.

Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine has been reassessed. After the provision of curricular material, this domain score has increased from a 1 to a 3. Their grade remains a B.

Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine has submitted an additional policy for review. This review will be completed and assessment updated within 60 days.




March 3rd, 2009

 

Assessment Updates:

 

University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine has been reassessed. After the provision of additional policies, their grade has moved from an I to a B.

 

November 25th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

The following school has been updated:

University of Louisville School of Medicine (B)


October 31th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

The following school has been updated:

University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (B)

October 21st, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

The following school has been newly assessed:

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (A)




September 23rd, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

The following school has been newly assessed:

University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine (B)



September 22th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

University of Kansas School of Medicine has been reassessed. After the provision of additional policies, their grade has moved from a C to a B.



September 19th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

The following school has been updated:

University of Rochester Medical Center School of Medicine (C)

 


September 17th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

The following schools have been newly assessed:

Temple University School of Medicine (D)
Creighton University School of Medicine (D)



August 25th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

The following schools have been newly assessed:

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio - School of Medicine (C)
Wake Forest University School of Medicine (D)
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago (D)


August 18th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine has submitted final enacted policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.

The following schools have informed us that they are revising or developing new policies:

Lincoln Memorial University – DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University - Jefferson Medical College
Albert Einstein College of Medicine



August 15th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has been reassessed. After the provision of additional policies, their grade has moved from a D to an B.

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.



July 29th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

The following schools have been newly assessed:

University of Rochester Medical Center School of Medicine (C)
Mayo Medical School - College of Medicine (D)
Western University of Health Sciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (F)


The following schools remain In Process, but new draft policies have been assessed and domain scores have been updated:

Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
Ohio State University College of Medicine
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
New York University School of Medicine



July 21th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Medicine has submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.



July 15th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

University of Rochester Medical Center School of Medicine has submitted additional policies for review. These policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.



July 11th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

Creighton University School of Medicine has submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.

Temple University School of Medicine has submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.

Rush Medical College has informed us that they are revising or developing new policies.



June 30th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine responded to the request for policies by noting they had no policies for any of the assessed domains.

 

June 27th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine has submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.

University of Arizona College of Medicine has informed us that they are revising or developing new policies.

 

June 26th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

The Executive Summary has been updated to reflect the assessment of 11 late submissions, as well as 5 submissions of revised draft policies for review. These 5 institutions will retain their In Process status until final policies have been provided and assessed.


The following schools have been newly assessed:

University of Kentucky College of Medicine (B)
University of Mississippi School of Medicine (C)
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine (C)
Duke University School of Medicine (D)
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (D)
Drexel University College of Medicine (D)
Weill Medical College of Cornell University (D)
East Tennessee State University - James H. Quillen College of Medicine (D)
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth - Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (D)
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine (F)
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (F)


The following schools remain In Process, but new draft policies have been assessed and domain scores have been updated:

Keck-University of Southern California
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
University of Chicago - Pritzker School of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine

 

 

June 25th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

Wake Forest University School of Medicine has submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.

 

 

June 23rd, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

The University of Rochester Medical Center - School of Medicine has submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.



June 11th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio has submitted policies for review. These policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.

Mercer University School of Medicine has informed us that they are revising or developing new policies.


June 5th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

Western University of Health Sciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific has submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.

New York University School of Medicine has submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.

University of Kansas School of Medicine has requested a reassessment. An In Process designation will remain in place until the reassessment is complete, no later than 60 days.



June 4th, 2008

 

Assessment Updates:

 

University of Massachusetts Medical College has been reassessed. After the provision of an additional policy, their grade has moved from a B to an A.

Michigan State University College of Human Medicine has informed us that they are revising or developing new policies..


Mayo Medical School has submitted new policies for review. These new policies will be assessed and the grade updated within 60 days, until which time an In Process designation will remain in place.


University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has requested a reassessment. An In Process designation will remain in place until the reassessment is complete, no later than 60 days.


Ohio State University College of Medicine has informed us that they are revising or developing new policies.  



June 3rd, 2008

 

The AMSA PharmFree Scorecard 2008 launched today, assessing conflcit of interest policies from 150 medical schools across the US. Please visit this page for updates on reassessments and other general news.



Assessment Updates:


The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine has informed us they are In Process, and have sent us new draft policies for review. These policies will be assessed and the provisional grade updated within 60 days.

The University of Rochester Medical Center - School of Medicine has informed us that they are revising or developing new policies..

Pennsylvania State University has informed us they are In Process, and have sent us new draft policies for review. These policies will be assessed and the provisional grade updated within 60 days.

University of Massachusetts Medical School submitted additional policies for reassessment.



The following schools submitted policies for assessment before launch but after initial grading had been completed. These policies will be assessed and scores updated within 20 working days:


Keck-University of Southern California
Duke University School of Medicine
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Drexel University College of Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
East Tennessee State University - James H. Quillen College of Medicine
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
University of Mississippi School of Medicine
University of South Alabama - College of Medicine
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth - Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine



PharmFree 2008 launch article in New York Times