"Before coming here, I had no idea how much influence companies had on medical education," said first-year medical student David Tian. "And it's something that's purposely meant to be under the table, providing information under the guise of education when that information is also presented for marketing purposes."
A student movement has recently taken form at Harvard Medical School, demanding widespread reform of the school's conflict-of-interest policies. The movement was sparked by a number of high-profile scandals in which Harvard medical faculty were revealed to have concealed hundreds of thousands of dollars in pharmaceutical company gifts, sparking a Senate investigation.
This was followed by the American Medical Student Association giving the school an F grade for its conflict-of-interest disclosure policies.
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The corporate world is full of double-standard scandals. It's okay for them to do business this way, but the little guy better not try it least he be put in jail.
Well, the playing field is being leveled up due to hard economic times. Congress has little choice but to address these types of imbalances in society, or risk not being re-elected.
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