AVMA COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (COE) CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY
Site Team Member
In order to assure that all matters dealing with the accreditation of veterinary medical colleges and schools are conducted in an unbiased manner, the COE has adopted the following Conflict of Interest Policy. The Policy extends and pertains to those COE members and other site team members who have immediate family (parent, spouse, siblings) who fall into any of the areas listed.
No COE member or other site team member will serve on a site visit team who:
- Is a graduate of any program in the institution being evaluated.
- Has collaborative research, teaching, or service interest with a key administrator or faculty member of the institution being evaluated. Holding a patent interest, shared research grant, and contract teaching are examples of such collaboration.
- Is or has been employed by the institution being evaluated.
- Has served as a consultant for accreditation matters for the institution being evaluated.
- Is an employee or former employee (within the past five years) of the AVMA.
- Has reason to believe other conflicts of interest exist that have not been listed above. It is expected that the member will communicate with the Chair of the Committee on Evaluation for clarification of any concern.)
I, ________________________________________________________________________
have read the conflict of interest policy for COE site visit team members and by signing this document confirm that no conflict exists for me in serving as a site visit team member on the evaluation committee for the
___________________________________________________college/school of veterinary medicine.
Date:______________________________________________________________________
Signature:__________________________________________________________________ |
AVMA COUNCIL ON EDUCATION (COE) CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY
AVMA Staff member
No AVMA staff member will serve on a site visit team who:
- Has graduated during the past five years from the college/school being evaluated.
- Has been employed during the past five years by the college/school being evaluated.
- Has familial relationships with key personnel in the college/school being evaluated.
I, ________________________________________________________________________
have read the conflict of interest policy for AVMA staff members and by signing this document confirm that no conflict exists for me in serving on the site visit team for the
___________________________________________________college/school of veterinary medicine.
Date:______________________________________________________________________
Signature:__________________________________________________________________ |
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