Conflict of Interest

• Some common conflicts of interest are:

• You are friends with the physician under investigation
• You are an enemy of the physician
• You and the physician are economic competitors
• The physician is a family member
• The issues in the case evoke a highly emotional reaction resulting in your inability to review the case objectively.

• Remember that just knowing of a physician, having trained with the physician, or having treated one of the physician’s patients does not automatically constitute a conflict of interest.