In an invited commentary, Matthew K. Wynia, MD, MPH, Christine M. Baugh, PhD, MPH, and Eric G. Campbell, PhD, note that academic settings are where physicians-in-training establish their habits and form lifelong professional identities, and interventions to reduce or eliminate gifts from medical and device companies to trainees have long been known to have durable effects.   The authors suggest that academic institutions should be exemplars of avoiding COI, by prohibiting gifts from medical and device makers.
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