The AMSA and AMSA Foundation offices are moving! Beginning December 1, 2011, please use the following mailing address:
American Medical Student Association and Foundation
45600 Woodland Road, Suite 300
Sterling, VA 20166
The main telephone number remains unchanged, at 703-620-6600. For additional information, please visit http://www.amsa.org/AMSA/Homepage/About/Move.aspx.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine has had their Purchasing & Formularies domain reassessed, resulting in an increase in the domain score from a 2 to a 3, and an increase in the overall grade from a C to a B.
Call for submissions for the 2011-12 Scorecard policy submissions has been placed. Policy submissions for the scorecard are due November 1st, 2011.
We have changed our email addresses. The new general email address for any scorecard inquiries is scorecard@amsa.org. The email for press inquiries is now pr@amsa.org. If you would like to contact the PharmFree Scorecard Dirertor, Lee Shapley, the email is scorecard.director@amsa.org.
May 29th, 2011
Drexel University has submitted additional documents in the "Business relationships with industry" and "Scholarships" domains. As a result, their grade has increased from a C to a B.
April 30th, 2011
The deadline for reevaluations of 2010 Scorecard grades is Monday, May 9th 2011. After that date, no new policy additions or requests for grade reevaluations will be accepted until the next call for submissions.
April 19th, 2011
April 18th, 2011
Howard University has provided policies to AMSA for the first time on 4/15/2011. The institution's submission will be reviewed within 60 days during which time Morehouse has been granted an In-Process designation.
University of Massachusetts Medical School has had their samples and education domains reassessed. These domain scores and the overall school grade remained unchanged. This institution currently has a B grade.
Morehouse School of Medicine has been assessed for the first time and recieve an overall B score.
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has recieved an updated score for the domains of Purchasing & Formularies and Gifts & Meals which both improved to a 3 or model policy. The overall institutional grade improves from a C to a B.
A new conflict of interest policy from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has been evaluated and recieves a score of B.
University of Arizona College of Medicine's assessment has been completed. Their total score is a C and 2010 was the first year this institution has participated in the AMSA PharmFree Scorecard.
Indiana University School of Medicine has recieved an updated score for the domain of Purchasing and Formularies which improved from a 1 to a 3 or model policy. The overall institutional grade improves from a D to a C.
Washington University School of Medicine has been re-assessed in the domains of samples, off-site education, and on-site education. The domain of Off-site Education improves to a 3 or model policy. The overall institutional grade remains a B.
Jefferson Medical College has been reassessed in the samples domain, its score remains a 1.
University of Florida College of Medicine has recieved an updated score for the domains of Pharmaceutical Samples and Curriculum which have both improved from 2 to 3 or model policy. The overall institutional grade improves from a B to an A.
Southern Illinois University School Of Medicine has been reassessed. Their score improves from a C to a B.
University of Massachusetts Medical School has been reassessed. Their score remains a B.
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine has recieved an updated score for the domain of Curriculumw which has improved from a 1 to a 3 or model policy. The overall institutional grade remains a B.
University of Virginia School of Medicine has recieved an updated score for the domain of Consulting which has improved from a 1 to a 3 or model policy. The overall institutional grade remains a B.
Dartmouth Medical School has recieved an updated score for the domain of Curriculum which has improved from a 1 to a 3 or model policy. The overall institutional grade remains a B.
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons has recieved an updated score for the domains of Speaking Relationships and Industry Support for Scholarships & Funds for Trainees which have improved from 1 to 2 and 1 to 3 respectively. The overall institutional grade remains a C.
Morehouse School of Medicine has provided policies to AMSA for the first time following the release of the 2010 Scorecard. The institution's submission will be reviewed within 60 days during which time Morehouse has been granted an In-Process designation.
Wake Forest Univerisity has recieved an updated score for the domain of Disclosure, which has improved from a 1 to a 2. The overall institutional grade remains a B.
Marshall University Joan C Edwards School of Medicine has been reassessed. Their score improved from an F to a B.
University of Hawai'i' John A. Burns School of Medicine has been reassessed. Their score improved from an F to a B.
Univerisity of Arkansas has recieved an updated score for the domain of Industry-Funded Speaking Relationships. This score was initially incorrectly marked at a 2 and has been correct to a 3 or model policy. The overall institutional grade remains a B.
Tulane University has provided policies to AMSA for the first time following the release of the 2010 Scorecard. The institution's submission will be reviewed within 60 days during which time Tulane has been granted an In-Process designation.
Jefferson Medical College has provided additional policies to AMSA regarding the Samples domain. The submission will be reviewed within 60 days
Arizona Univesity College of Medicine has provided policies to AMSA for the first time following the release of the 2010 Scorecard. The institution's submission will be reviewed within 60 days during which time they have been granted an In-Process designation.
RELEASE OF THE 2010 AMSA PHARMFREE SCORECARD:
The 2010 AMSA PharmFree Scorecard is officially released today. Please check the executive summary page for overall results and the main page for individual school scores. AMSA would like to thank all of the medical schools and administrators who participated in the Scorecard this year.
The 2010 call for schools to submit their policies has reached the deadline of August 20. We have received a tremendous response this year. If you represent an institution who would like to submit policies for assessment and inclusion in the 2010 Scorecard but have not yet done so, immediately contact scorecard@amsascorecard.org to determine your options.
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.
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has been assessed as a D.
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine has been reassessed. Their grade remains a B.
George Washington University School of Medicine has been assessed as a D.