The recognition was part of the American Medical Student Association\u2019s (AMSA) \u201cPharmFree Scorecard,\u201d which evaluates conflict-of-interest policies at the nation\u2019s 152 medical schools and colleges of osteopathic medicine. The UCF College of Medicine received a B on the scorecard, placing 27th out of 152 and scoring higher than Vanderbilt, Harvard and Duke university medical schools.<\/p>\n
In announcing the 2010 Scorecard, the AMSA praised the UCF College of Medicine, saying, \u201cThe institution provides a model good policy document for a new college of medicine.\u201d And in a conference call announcing the organization\u2019s findings, scorecard director Tim Anderson, a third-year medical student at Case-Western Reserve University, said, \u201cWe were particularly impressed that this new school took the time to focus on conflict of interest and put in place very good policies.\u201d<\/p>\n
A cross-functional Industry Relations Team prepared the UCF College of Medicine policy. Team co-chairs were Diane Davey, M.D. and Jeanette Schreiber, J.D. Board members were Lori Boardman, M.D., Ralph Caruana, M.D., Debopam Chakrabarty, Ph.D.,\u00a0 Alex Cole, Ph.D., Diane Jacobs, Ph.D., Rebecca Moroose, M.D., Mark Muller, Ph.D., Loren Nelson, M.D., Audrey Pike, J.D. and Scott Sumner, M.B.A.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am pleased that we, as a new medical school, have been recognized for creating a strong conflict of interest policy,\u201d said Dr. Deborah German, UCF vice president for medical affairs and dean of the College of Medicine. \u201cIt is particularly exciting to be ranked higher than all of my alma maters! As we focus on excellence in education, research, patient care and community service, integrity must be the cornerstone of everything we do. A dedicated team with a focus on integrity worked hard to achieve this level of success for our new college of medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The recognition was part of the American Medical Student Association\u2019s (AMSA) \u201cPharmFree Scorecard,\u201d which evaluates conflict-of-interest policies at the nation\u2019s 152 medical schools and colleges of osteopathic medicine. The UCF College of Medicine received a B on the scorecard, placing 27th out of 152 and scoring higher than Vanderbilt, Harvard and Duke university medical schools. In announcing the 2010 Scorecard,…","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":18886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[14914],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-18885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medicine","tag-medicine"],"yoast_head":"\n