American Medical Student Association Celebrates National PharmFree Week, November 14-18
AMSA National PharmFree Week (NPFW) is back stronger than ever!
Launched in 2002, AMSA’s PharmFree Campaign encourages medical schools and academic medical centers to develop policies that encourage evidence-based prescribing and industry partnership for research innovation while reducing the impact of marketing, gifting and conflicts of interest.
The 2011 NPFW features:
- Microgrant support for students in Texas, Arizona, Tennessee, Ohio, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland and New York to host local projects throughout the week
- 3 day Pharmaceutical Policy Leadership in Medicine Institute in January to train student leaders on conflict of interest issues
- Second Slide Campaign to encourage students to advocate for disclosure of conflicts of interest by faculty during their training
- FDA’s Bad Ad Campaign to encourage healthcare professionals to recognize and report potentially dishonest or misleading drug promotion.
- PharmFree Scorecard, a first-of-its-kind ranking which evaluates conflict-of-interest policies at medical colleges nationwide (go to www.amsascorecard.org)
Remember:
"Our goal is to change the culture of medicine from relying on the convenience of marketing and the luxury of free gifts to a culture which puts patients first by prioritizing evidence-based medicine."
Tim Anderson
AMSA PharmFree Campaign Chair
Fourth year medical student at Case Western Reserve University
What will YOU be doing for NPFW? Go to http://www.amsa.org/AMSA/Homepage/Events/NPFW.aspx for more info!