Conflict of Interest Post Test

OUTCOME: The learner will demonstrate an increase in knowledge related to conflict of interest and content integrity by passing a post-test with a score of 80% or higher.

1 contact hour will be awarded with successful completion.

The Ohio Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (OBN-001-91).

Expires 2/15/2021

DIRECTIONS
1. Please view the video presentation in its entirety.
2. Complete the post-test.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Sandy (sswearingen@ohnurses.org).

This independent study was developed and presented by: Kelli Schweitzer, MSN, RN-BC
The authors and planning committee members have declared no conflict of interest.

Conflict of Interest

Contact Hours Awarded: 1.0
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1. The Nurse Planner can assess their own conflict of interest.*
- True
- False
2. Who on the planning committee has the ability to control content of the activity? Select all that apply.*
- Select All
- a. Nurse Planner
- b. Speaker/Presenter
- c. Exhibitor/Vendor
- d. Content Expert
3. Which of the following is correct? Select all that apply.*
- Select All
- a. Conflict of Interest occurs when a person who has the ability to control content of a continuing nursing education activity has a financial relationship with a commercial interest organization*,and the products or services of which are related to the topic of the educational activity.
- b. Conflict of interest occurs when the speaker has a relationship with a book or journal article.
- c. Conflict of interest cannot be resolved.
- d. Employees of commercial interest organizations are NOT permitted to serve as planners, presenters, authors, content reviewers, or in any other role in an educational activity if the content of the activity is related to the products or services of the commercial interest organization.
4. You must obtain COI data for every activity.*
- a. True
- b. False
- c. Only if the activity relates to products consumed on or used by patients. Otherwise, there is no way there could be COI.
5. The four elements of assuring Content Integrity include:*
- a. COI, Fair and Balanced Content, Freedom from promotion, Freedom from Commercial Control
- b. COI Managed, Freedom From Promotion, Freedom from Commercial Control, Disclosure
- c. Assess, Plan, Implement, Evaluation
- d. COI Managed, Fair and Balanced Content (no bias), Freedom from Promotion, Freedom from Commercial Control
6. Which of the following is an accurate disclosure to the learner?*
- a. There is no conflict of interest for anyone with the ability to control content for this activity.
- b. The planners have nothing to disclose.
- c. The planners and speaker do not disclose anything.
- d. There is no conflict of interest except Becky Miller Ph. D. who is on the Ohio Board of Regents.
7. What is the first step in assessing COI for an activity about the treatment of diabetes?*
- a. Ask the speaker if he/she has any financial relationships with a commercial interest organization.
- b. Ask the planning committee to complete the COI forms at the first planning meeting.
- c. The Nurse Planner completes the COI form for himself and asks another member of the planning committee to review and sign his form.
- d. Assure that the vendor will be present the day you want to have the activity.
8. Jackie Smith MSN, RN, is on speakers bureau for Sage which is a company that makes lift equipment. She is also a Sixth Sigma black belt. You have asked Jackie to be a speaker for your upcoming Leadership Symposium to discuss process improvement. Which of the following is the correct disclosure for this activity?*
- a. There is no conflict of interest for anyone with the ability to control content for this activity.
- b. There is no conflict of interest for anyone with the ability to control content except Jackie Smith, MSN, RN.
- c. The planners and faculty declare no conflict of interest except Jackie Smith, MSN, RN who is on speaker’s bureau for Sage.
- d. There is a conflict for this activity that has been resolved by the Nurse Planner.
9. The Nurse Planner looks at the COI form for the speaker for an upcoming activity and notes that Dan Jones is employed as a drug rep for ElI Lilly. The topic is Current Diabetes Management. Which one of the following resolutions can the Nurse Planner make?*
- a. Continue with the activity as planned, there is nothing to resolve.
- b. Continue with the activity as planned but do not award contact hours.
- c. Look at Dan Jones' slides and assure that he does not have any brand names on the slides.
- d. Ask another Content Reviewer to be present during the presentation to make sure Dan Jones does not tell the audience her works for Eli Lilly.
10. If the answer is no to any of the following questions, what does the Nurse Planner do? • Does the person have the ability to control content of the activity? • Does he/she have a financial relationship with a commercial interest? • Is it related to the content of this educational activity?*
- a. Ask someone else to be the Nurse Planner.
- b. Ask again because there is no way that all three questions can be no.
- c. Not award contact hours for this activity.
- d. Accurately disclose to learners that there is no conflict of interest for this activity.
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