Avoiding conflicts of interest
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A two-part series from Psychiatryonline discusses how the pharmaceutical industry targets continuing medical education programs. The first article discusses categories for $2.4 billion spent in 2006 for continuing education activities, including advertising and convention exhibits. Critics of this practice say, "these educational programs, especially those created by for-profit CME providers, are thinly veiled product promotion." The second explains how the American Psychiatric Association responds to avoid industry funding of theirs.
