Using the notes and reading for this week (see the conflict of interest notes & reading in CONTENT), argue whether you think there is a conflict of interest in the following scenario, then propose a resolution to the conflict if you think there is one.   A few times a year, a pharmaceutical representative brings lunch for the physical medicine and rehabilitation residents at the Rehabilitation Hospital.  Recently, a CME topic, presented by a faculty member, was “Management of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease.”  A drug company has just released a new medication for dementia and literature is made available to the residents and staff.  Following the presentation, the drug representative asks the chief resident if he/she would like to have a well-known physician from an Ivy League university come to the hospital to give a CME lecture of the results of the multi-center clinical trial of the new medication.  The Education department agrees to the presentation because the drug company will pay for it.

Using the notes and reading for this week (see the conflict of interest notes & reading in CONTENT), argue whether you think there is a conflict of interest in the following scenario, then propose a resolution to the conflict if you think there is one.  

A few times a year, a pharmaceutical representative brings lunch for the physical medicine and rehabilitation residents at the Rehabilitation Hospital.  Recently, a CME topic, presented by a faculty member, was “Management of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease.”  A drug company has just released a new medication for dementia and literature is made available to the residents and staff.  Following the presentation, the drug representative asks the chief resident if he/she would like to have a well-known physician from an Ivy League university come to the hospital to give a CME lecture of the results of the multi-center clinical trial of the new medication.  The Education department agrees to the presentation because the drug company will pay for it.