One of the things we'll be discussing in the workshop is the extent to which we think biases are relevant for disclosure. I mean, think about it, what biases are disclosed are almost certainly the biases that have any chance of being mitigated. If the biases that folks HAVE to disclose are largely financial, but others aren't mandatory to disclose, what biases are sneaking by unchecked?
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As you mentioned, we often see financial disclosures listed at the beginning of medical education programs but are we suppose to assume that they have been mitigated? Generally speaking, I don't see a comment or statement that the disclosure has been mitigated or if it is there, then the slide is passed by so quickly that I don't have a chance to see the mitigation and it is surely not mentioned by the faculty member. Also, how much education on HOW conflicts of interest are mitigated actually happens? Are audiences prepared (i.e. educated) to understand the mitigation of financial conflicts of interest, much less those that are generally NOT considered?