According to a new survey, US doctors do not believe industry funding significantly biases their continuing medical education -- and they are unwilling to pay for “impartial sponsorship.”
Dr. Jeffrey Tabas, an emergency physician at the University of California, San Francisco, surveyed attendees at five CME courses delivered by the International AIDS Society-USA, which receives industry funding.
Less than half thought paying higher registration fees for CME activities would make sense and only 15 percent would like to see industry funding completely removed.
"Because they feel in general there is not a lot of bias, they are not willing to pay to reduce it," said Tabas.
