Annual educational expenses of European urology residents and the role of sponsorship in urology training

Pereira-Lourenço, M.J.; Uçar, Taha; Freire, Maria José; Pang, Karl H.; Carrión, D.M.; Rodríguez-Socarrás, Moisés; Nikles, Sven; Mantica, Guglielmo; Karsza, David; Mattigk, Angelika; Esperto, Francesco; Rivas, Juan Gómez

doi:10.1016/s2666-1683(20)33941-0

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“…These results show that pharmaceutical industry plays an important role in sponsoring educational activities for FM residents. This arrangement appears to benefit both parties, as it reduces costs for physicians (and healthcare systems) while allowing companies to promote their products 15. Residents often believe themselves to be more immune to industry influence than their peers 16.…”

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Industry payments to family medicine residents in Portugal: a descriptive analysis of the national transparency database

Ruivo,

Cossutta,

Moreira Fonseca

2023

BMJ Open

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ObjectiveTo analyse payments made to family medicine residents by the pharmaceutical industry during their residency in Portugal, using mandatory disclosure data.Design and participantsCohort study of residents starting their family medicine training in 2015, using data collected from the public national transparency database (Plataforma de Comunicações Transparência e Publicidade). Payments were categorised into six groups, including scientific meetings, educational activities, travel allowances, fees, gifts and undetermined.Main outcome measuresNumber of payments and the total value received by family medicine residents during their training period; number of payments according to their nature (six categories); number of payments and total value by paying entity.ResultsWe analysed data of 457 family medicine residents. A total of 2790 payments were made to 424 (92.8%) residents, amounting to €826 271.14. Thirty-three residents did not receive any payment. The median number of payments per resident was 5 and the median amount received per resident was €1309.51. Residents who ranked in the top 25%, according to value received, were subsidised more than €2500.90 over the course of their residency. This subset of residents received 59.1% of the total amount disbursed in payments. Payments were primarily for attending scientific meetings (80.9%) and educational activities (17.1%). The top 10 paying entities accounted for 69.2% of the total amount paid.ConclusionPharmaceutical industry funding for family medicine residents was highly prevalent, raising concerns over industry influence on medical education, while payment distribution was heterogeneous.

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“…A survey of urology residents in Europe found that most Portuguese residents spent over €2000 on education in the past year, which exceeded their base salaries. The drug industry funded 86.2% of these expenses 15…”

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confidence: 99%