AMSA Pharm-free Scorecard 2008

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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 followign 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