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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Looking forward to being in this workshop. As mentioned below we are all biased so for me having multiple prospective is the key to mitigate bias. Of course disclosing financial relationships is a must, but the real biases are the one we are not aware of.
I'm back to attending "live meetings" and have been at a couple of medical conferences lately. Faculty, and attendees all seem to be much more accutely aware of the "disclosure" process (there was even an attendee at a live event that commented that the disclosures we not visible - this was for an industry sponsored, non-accredited symposium). I think transparency is a topic that has risen to the surface as of late but I think we need a better definition of what that is as well and hope that this will be part of the conversation as well.
Does not everybody have a bias? And I agree maybe we are overstating the financial bias - for CME/CPD mostly of the industry. But do others not also have financial and other conflicts of interest? I look very much forward to listen to you Eleftherios. Let us discuss the elephant in the room, which also inhibits true collaborations.
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?