All Branch Topic (ABT) Pharmaceutical Dinners

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This may be a stupid question but are pharmaceutical dinners unethical according to the DoD? I'm a resident in the USAF reserve (civilian residency) and we have a lot of lunches brought to our clinic and lectures at local restaurants. I wouldn't want to accept a lunch and be prosecuted down the road for accepting a gift.
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Yeah, you can't attend anything. Besides, they're useless. Sales pitch with a preplanned dinner and you're lucky if you can get 2 glasses of wine out of it, which, IMO isn't worth attending as a bottle of wine can be had for cheaper at home.

Gone are the days where you can order from the menu and actually confer with colleagues.
 
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They may, however, place your name on the list in accordance with the sunshine act. I know two people personally who ended up on the list after a rep dinner. The rep was required to record someone's name, and so he randomly picked ONE of the attendees and listed the bill for the entire meal (like $1500) as a gift to that single person. Hospital Command caught on, and called them down for questioning. Nothing came of it - this time - other than a wrist slap. However, the minute something occurs for which the DoD gets some media attention, they'll feed people like that to the wolves. Be wary.
 
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They may, however, place your name on the list in accordance with the sunshine act. I know two people personally who ended up on the list after a rep dinner. The rep was required to record someone's name, and so he randomly picked ONE of the attendees and listed the bill for the entire meal (like $1500) as a gift to that single person. Hospital Command caught on, and called them down for questioning. Nothing came of it - this time - other than a wrist slap. However, the minute something occurs for which the DoD gets some media attention, they'll feed people like that to the wolves. Be wary.
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Yep I can't accept so much as a pen or a cookie from a hearing aid vendor as a VA audiologist.....

Sorry I don't buy the hearing aids and I don't deal with crappy customer service. So your pen or cookies aren't going to sway me to dispense your product if it's crap or your customer service is crap.

I miss the days of being treated like a thinking professional....
 
You're in the reserve, DOD rules apply when on active orders. Residents are not reportable in accordance with the sunshine act.


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Ah yeah, good point in regards to residency. Nonetheless, be wary when you're on AD.
 
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