Introduction to Potential Conflicts of Interest and Conflicts of CommitmentWhy do you use the term potential conflict of interest and potential conflict of commitment? Don’t some potential conflicts become actual conflicts?We also use the word potential to send the message that faculty should err on the side of disclosing any circumstances that might be a COI or COC—rather than reaching their own conclusions, with limited knowledge, about whether a conflict exists. |
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