TY - JOUR
T1 - Medical student views on interactions with pharmaceutical representatives
AU - Ganzini, Linda
AU - Chen, Zunqiu
AU - Peters, Dawn
AU - Misra, Sahana
AU - Macht, Madison
AU - Osborne, Molly
AU - Keepers, George
N1 - Funding Information:
Support for the survey was through the Office of the Dean, School of Medicine, OHSU. Also, this material is the result of work supported with resources and the use of facilities at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center Health Services Research and Development Research Enhancement Award Program. Biostatistical support was provided by Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute, OHSU, Grant ULIRR024140.
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - Objective: In 2006, the Housestaff Association presented the Dean at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) with a proposal to effectively end the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on campus. The Dean convened a workgroup to examine the issue, and faculty, residents, and medical students were surveyed on their views and interactions. Authors present here the responses from medical students. Methods: A web-based, anonymous survey was sent to all OHSU medical students in 2007; 59% completed it. The survey included items measuring attitudes about the pharmaceutical industry and interactions with pharmaceutical representatives (PRs). Results: Only 5% of clinical and 7% of preclinical students agreed that PRs have an important teaching role, and fewer than 1 in 6 believed that PRs provided useful and accurate information on either new or established drugs; 54% of clinical students indicated that PRs should be restricted from making presentations on campus, versus 32% of preclinical students, and only 30% of clinical students agreed that accepting gifts had no impact on their own prescribing, versus 50% of preclinical students. Students who acknowledged the influence of PRs and perceived less educational benefit were less likely to accept gifts such as textbooks; however, 84% of clinical students had attended an on-campus event sponsored by a pharmaceutical company in the previous year. Conclusions: Only a small proportion of OHSU medical students value interactions with PRs, but many still attend events sponsored by pharmaceutical companies.
AB - Objective: In 2006, the Housestaff Association presented the Dean at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) with a proposal to effectively end the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on campus. The Dean convened a workgroup to examine the issue, and faculty, residents, and medical students were surveyed on their views and interactions. Authors present here the responses from medical students. Methods: A web-based, anonymous survey was sent to all OHSU medical students in 2007; 59% completed it. The survey included items measuring attitudes about the pharmaceutical industry and interactions with pharmaceutical representatives (PRs). Results: Only 5% of clinical and 7% of preclinical students agreed that PRs have an important teaching role, and fewer than 1 in 6 believed that PRs provided useful and accurate information on either new or established drugs; 54% of clinical students indicated that PRs should be restricted from making presentations on campus, versus 32% of preclinical students, and only 30% of clinical students agreed that accepting gifts had no impact on their own prescribing, versus 50% of preclinical students. Students who acknowledged the influence of PRs and perceived less educational benefit were less likely to accept gifts such as textbooks; however, 84% of clinical students had attended an on-campus event sponsored by a pharmaceutical company in the previous year. Conclusions: Only a small proportion of OHSU medical students value interactions with PRs, but many still attend events sponsored by pharmaceutical companies.
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U2 - 10.1176/appi.ap.10020031
DO - 10.1176/appi.ap.10020031
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22751818
AN - SCOPUS:84863889292
SN - 1042-9670
VL - 36
SP - 183
EP - 187
JO - Academic Psychiatry
JF - Academic Psychiatry
IS - 3
ER -