AMC Database

IMAP’s Conflict of Interest Policy Database houses over 700 policies on clinical conflicts of interest from the nation's 125 academic medical centers (AMCs). Used in conjunction with our best practice guides, the database serves as an educational resource for schools seeking to strengthen their policies.

The policies in the database have been collected through three methods: first, IMAP directly contacted AMCs to request copies of their policies for inclusion in the database. Second, to supplement these findings, IMAP’s research team searched schools’ websites for relevant polices. Third, IMAP continually updates the database as AMCs develop new policies and make them publicly available. Schools wishing to update their entry may contact IMAP at coi-imap@columbia.edu.

The database is fully searchable and includes, whenever available, PDF copies of or hyperlinks to schools’ current policies. The database enables users to search for a particular school's policies or for specific kinds of policies (e.g., policies on gifts from industry or on commercial support for continuing medical education). Users may also search for policies based on multiple search criteria, including geographic location, types of staff or industries affected, or other institutional characteristics (e.g., public vs. private AMCs).

Web-Based Curriculum: Promoting Change at AMCs and other healthcare organizations

IMAP's Web-Based Curriculum offers a comprehensive guide to the issues surrounding conflicts of interest in clinical care, professionalism in medicine, and best practices for the management of physicians’ relationships with industry. The materials provided here will be relevant to a wide and varied audience with any interest in understanding and/or teaching conflict of interest in medicine. The curriculum is an especially valuable resource for medical professionals, particularly those in leadership positions at AMC's and other health care settings, academic medical faculty, compliance officers, and any other potential change agents who are attempting to bring about policy change at organizations.

These materials were made possible by a grant from the Oregon Department of Justice’s Prescriber and Consumer Education Grant Program which is funded by the multi-state settlement of consumer fraud claims regarding the marketing of the prescription drug Neurontin.