Conflicts of Interests is an ethical concept.  As with any ethical concept,
operationalizing it requires specific definitions.  Therefore, each
institution can have a different set of definitions, and these may be both
internally defined by the institution's policy, and externally
defined.  For example,. my institution is a state institution, and
employees are subject to a state COI Act.  At the same time, we are also
subject to PHS and NSF regulations regarding COI in research sponsored by
those agencies -- and their regulations, though similar, are not
identical.  The measure of what constitutes a financial COI may differ
among the various externally imposed requirements.  At the time that PHS
and NSF were creating their regulations a number of state institutions
weighed in on what the level should be, and the final regulation recognized
$10,000 (changed from a lower proposed measure) because that happened to be
the threshhold set by several states laws, and the federal agencies agreed
that a more common threshhold would be easier to administer.

The thrust of this comment is that training/education has to be almost
institution-specific.

If you find good background training materials which can be made
institution-specific by adding material, please share it.  Lots of us can
benefit from avoiding reinventing at least that part of that wheel!

Chuck

At 12:35 PM 4/19/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Good Afternoon from Texas!
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions for a reputable, informative Conflict
>of Interest workshop/seminar/teaching series? This cannot be on-line,
>however.
>
>Any suggestions would be most appreciated and you may email me directly
>at: xxxxxx@hsc.unt.edu
>
>Have a nice day!
>
>Shelly R. Pettyjohn
>Pre Award Grant and Contract Specialist II
>UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Texas
>(817) 735-2561
>fax (817) 735-0375
>

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