Funding for Third Party Meetings
Scholarships for Health Care Professionals in Training to Attend a Third Party Meeting
Educational Activity Charitable Contribution Request Form
Educational Activity Charitable Contribution Criteria
Business Conduct Standard Brochures
Educational Activity Charitable Contribution Q&As

Funding for Third Party Meetings

Do not use the Educational Activity Charitable Contribution Request form if you are requesting financial support for a Third Party Meeting - such as an educational grant for:

• Sponsoring a meeting for health care professionals, such as a conference or grand grounds.
• Sponsoring a meal or reception at a Third Party Meeting.
• Providing a scholarship for health care professionals in training to attend a Third Party Meeting.

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Scholarships for Health Care Professionals in Training to Attend a Third Party Meeting

Do not use the Educational Activity Charitable Contribution Request Form if you are requesting a scholarship to help pay for health care professional in training (e.g., student, resident, or fellow) to attend a Third Party Meeting.

Go to Third Party Meetings for information and request forms for a scholarship to help pay the cost of a health care professional in training to attend a Third Party Meeting.

Scholarships are not available for health care professionals who have completed their training. We support their participation by sponsoring Third Party Meetings, which reduces overall costs, including registration fees.

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Educational Activity Charitable Contribution Request Form

To download a Word version of the Educational Activity Charitable Contribution Request Form, click on the link at the bottom of this section.

MSD's charitable contribution request forms are formatted with MicroSoft's form tool. To complete the request form:

• Move to each field that needs to be completed by using the Tab button or a moving your curser to the next field.
• If the field is a box, then just click on the appropriate box to place an "x" in the box.
• If the field is a gray text area (it is empty white space in a printed version of the form), simply start typing in the requested information.
• If you need to unlock the form to add information that does not have a box or text field: (1) select "View" on the top menu bar, (2) select "Toolbars," (3) select the "Forms" toolbar. Once the toolbar is added, click on the icon that looks like a padlock so it is no longer highlighted. You can then type anywhere on this document. If you click on the padlock again, you may lose the information you entered in a box or text field - so avoid unlocking the document until you have completed all of the form fields and then do not re-lcok it.

Submit the form according to the directions on the form. To avoid any delays in reviewing your request, please be sure to complete the request form and provide all of the requested information and documents.

If you have any questions about the request form or MSD's charitable contribution program and practices, send an email to MSD's Charitable Contributions Manager at MSDCharitableContributions@medtronic.com. The current Charitable Contributions Manager's name and phone number are available at the Charitable Contributions home page in the Charitable Contributions Manager section.

Please read the rest of this page before completing a request form to make sure you have all of the information that you need before you complete the form.

Download Educational Activity Charitable Contribution Request Form

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Educational Activity Charitable Contribution Criteria
In addition to the criteria that apply to all Customer-Based Charitable Contributions, an educational activity for which as charitable contribution is requested must also satisfy the following additional criteria:

1. Promotes public or health care professional education or awareness about spine trauma, deformity, or degeneration or associated neurological disease states and medical conditions, including identification, diagnosis, and treatment.
2. Is educational or scientific and not intended to promote MSD products or a health care professional's private practice.
   

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Business Conduct Standard Brochure
MSD's Compliance Office has a "Charitable Contributions Program" brochure that provides answers to common questions people have.

To order the brochure, you need access to MySpineTools.com. If you do not have access, you can ask your local MSD sales representative for the brochure or send an email to MSDCharitableContributions@medtronic.com and ask for the brochure.

If you have access to MySpineTools.com, the brochure can be ordered on MySpineTools.com by selecting "Resources" from the top navigation bar and then, from the Overview page, select "Click here to order available literature and video for customer use." The brochures are under the Sales Division category. The Item # for the brochure is LITCCBR4.

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Educational Activity Charitable Contribution Q&As
The following Q&As address issues specific to education events and activities. General Q&As about the Charitable Contributions Program are available at the Charitable Contributions home page at Charitable Contribtuions Q&As. Q&As about other types of charitable contributions are available by selecting that type of charitable contribution from the menu on the left.

What types of educational events and activities will MSD support through charitable contributions?

Activities and events that promote public or health care professional education and awareness about disease states and medical conditions that MSD Products are intended to address. For example, public television shows about spinal deformity, trauma, or degeneration. Another example, would be general education brochures or pamphlets about spinal conditions treated by MSD Products.

Can educational charitable contributions be used for co-marketing promotion with our Customers?

No. Even if the Customer is a tax-exempt charitable organization, MSD's education charitable contributions cannot be used to help finance co-marketing promotions such as referral dinners, conferences, and newsletters for patients, primary care physicians and/or other potential referral sources for the Customer.

Are scholarships for Third Party Meetings handled as an education charitable contribution?

No. Even though the scholarship recipient may be a charitable organization, all Third Party Meeting scholarships are handled under Business Conduct Standard #8. See the earlier discussion about Third Party Meetings and Scholarships.

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