A physician outlines the role of the ACCME and its responsibility to successfully manage the boundary between continuing medical education and the commercial support, commercial interests, promotion and advertising related to it.
Medical students need an infrastructure and culture that support self-regulation so they can personally and professionally enforce the professional values shared by the medical community.
Medical students must accept responsibility for upholding their own individual code of professionalism based on universal standards of ethical behavior.
Medical students must accept responsibility for upholding their own individual code of professionalism based on universal standards of ethical behavior.
New guidelines and the continuous modification of current policies will be needed in order to establish and maintain an appropriate professional relationship between physicians and pharmaceutical companies.
The 2004 John Conley Ethics Essay Contest Winner believes medical students must balance their desire to gain experience with clarifying their status as students to patients when there is a potential for harm.
The medical profession has the responsibility and obligation in effective self-regulation to ensure the competence of practicing physicians, identifying and taking action against problem physicians, and regulating conflicts of interest.