Advocacy and Public Affairs Committee, European Society of Cardiology, Sophia Antipolis, France.
Industry Relations Committee, European Society of Cardiology, Sophia Antipolis, France.
Am J Med. 2019 Aug;132(8):921-925. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.02.026. Epub 2019 Mar 8.
Provision and participation in formal external continuing medical education (CME) is costly. Employer or state support of CME is the exception rather than the rule. The medical industry has supported both providers and consumers of educational activities, leading to concerns of commercial bias. Recent medical industry initiatives in Europe to improve the transparency of the relationship between industry and the profession, including the field of medical education, have had the paradoxical effect of the industry playing an increasingly direct role in the provision of physician education. Funding of medical professional society annual congresses has been directly and indirectly jeopardized. Acknowledging that there are areas of cooperation in the field of education between the medical profession and the medical industry from which both can benefit, we argue that medical education requires an objective approach that the primary fiduciary duty of medical industry companies precludes. Medical professional societies, as not-for-profit organizations whose core mission is the development and promotion of best practice, are best placed to guide and deliver medical education to their members.
提供和参与正式的外部继续医学教育（CME）是昂贵的。雇主或国家对 CME 的支持是例外而不是惯例。医疗行业既支持教育活动的提供者，也支持消费者，这导致了商业偏见的担忧。最近，欧洲医疗行业为提高行业与专业之间关系的透明度而采取的举措，包括医学教育领域，产生了一种矛盾的效果，即行业在提供医生教育方面发挥了越来越直接的作用。医学专业协会年会的资金因此受到直接和间接的威胁。我们承认，医学专业和医疗行业在教育领域有合作的空间，双方都可以从中受益，但我们认为，医学教育需要一种客观的方法，而医疗行业公司的主要信托责任却排除了这种方法。医学专业协会作为非营利组织，其核心使命是制定和推广最佳实践，最适合指导和向其成员提供医学教育。
