Comparison of industry interaction policy dimensions in the AMSA and IMAP ranking systems.

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Medical school characteristics (<i>n = </i>121).

<p>Least restrictive policies correspond to IMAP and AMSA scores of 0 to 1; intermediate restrictive policies are scores >1 to 2; most restrictive policies correspond to scores >2 to 3.</p><p>Medical school characteristics (<i>n = </i>121).</p

Policy dimensions selected by LASSO as predictors to student responses.

<p>The direction of the arrow indicates whether the presence of a school policy is associated with student agreement with the survey question (arrow pointing up) or disagreement with the survey question (arrow pointing down). For example, the AMSA gift policy dimension was associated with reduced reported receipt of gifts.</p><p>Policy dimensions selected by LASSO as predictors to student responses.</p

Association between strength of medical school industry interaction policies and survey responses.

<p>Outcome comparing schools with the most restrictive policies and schools with the least restrictive policies for receipt of gifts (top), interaction with marketing representatives (middle), and perceived adequacy of faculty–industry separation (bottom). For example, in the unadjusted AMSA grade scoring system, students from schools with the most restrictive policies had about 60% less odds of receiving gifts compared to those from a school with the least restrictive policies. The fully adjusted model included the year in training, size of the medical student population, and a dichotomous measure of NIH funding. NIH funding is a measure of the amount of government-funded basic science research occurring at the medical school. High NIH funding was defined as above the median value (US$94.2 million) for all medical schools in 2010 (compared to schools below the median value).</p