Student Understanding of the Relationship Between the Health Professions and the Pharmaceutical Industry

Monaghan, Michael S.; Galt, Kimberly A.; Turner, Paul; Houghton, Bruce; Rich, Eugene C.; Markert, Ronald J.; Bergman-Evans, Brenda

doi:10.1207/s15328015tlm1501_04

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“…Studies on medical students' understanding of interactions with PCs can be classified into two groups. The first group includes student exposure to marketing and attitudes towards physician-PC interactions (Hodges 1995;Monaghan et al 2003; Barfett et al 2004;Bellin et al 2004;Vainiomaki et al 2004;Sierles et al 2005;Kumar et al 2006;Hyman et al 2007;Reddy et al 2007). Goodman summarises the common themes of these studies as: (1) student-PC interactions are common (2) students are relatively permissive regarding the acceptance of gifts, and (3) students underestimate the influence of these gifts on their behaviour (Goodman 2007).…”

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Exposure of medical students to pharmaceutical marketing in primary care settings: frequent and influential

Sarıkaya

Civaner

Vatansever

2009

Adv in Health Sci Educ

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It is known that interaction between pharmaceutical companies and medical professionals may lead to corruption of professional values, irrational use of medicine, and negative effects on the patient-physician relationship. Medical students frequently interact with pharmaceutical company representatives and increasingly accept their gifts. Considering the move toward early clinical encounters and community-based education, which expose students early to pharmaceutical representatives, the influence of those gifts is becoming a matter of concern. This study examines the frequency and influence of student exposure to drug marketing in primary care settings, as well as student perceptions of physician-pharmaceutical company relationships. This was a two-phase study consisting of qualitative research followed by a cross-sectional survey. Clinical experience logbooks of 280 second-year students in one school were analysed, and the themes that emerged were used to develop a survey that was administered to 308 third-year students from two medical schools. Survey results showed a 91.2% exposure to any type of marketing, and 56.8% of students were exposed to all classes of marketing methods studied. Deliberate targeting of students by pharmaceutical representatives, in particular, was correlated with being less sensitive to the negative effects of and having positive opinions about interactions with pharmaceutical companies. The vast majority of students are exposed to drug marketing in primary care settings, and may become more vulnerable to that strategy. Considering that medical students are vulnerable and are targeted deliberately by pharmaceutical companies, interventions aimed at developing skills in the rational use of medicines and in strategies for coping with drug marketing should be devised.

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Exposure of medical students to pharmaceutical marketing in primary care settings: frequent and influential

Sarıkaya

Civaner

Vatansever

2009

Adv in Health Sci Educ

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“…13 The study concluded that students' attitudes about the industry are determined prior to graduation. Student practitioners who will have prescriptive rights (medical and nurse practitioner students) interacted more frequently with pharmaceutical sales representatives than other health professions students and had more positive attitudes about pharmaceutical sales representatives than other students.…”

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Gifts and Corporate Influence in Doctor of Pharmacy Education

Piascik¹,

Bernard²,

Madhavan³

et al. 2007

Am J Pharm Educ

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Objectives. To explore the nature of corporate gifts directed at PharmD programs and pharmacy student activities and the perceptions of administrators about the potential influences of such gifts. Methods. A verbally administered survey of administrative officials at 11 US colleges and schools of pharmacy was conducted and responses were analyzed. Results. All respondents indicated accepting corporate gifts or sponsorships for student-related activities in the form of money, grants, scholarships, meals, trinkets, and support for special events, and cited many advantages to corporate partner relationships. Approximately half of the respondents believed that real or potential problems could occur from accepting corporate gifts. Forty-four percent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that corporate contributions could influence college or school administration. Sixty-one percent agreed or strongly agreed that donations were likely to influence students. Conclusions. Corporate gifts do influence college and school of administration and students. Policies should be in place to manage this influence appropriately.

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“…In fact, our study shows that the faculty can be a role model on the prescribing habits of the residents. Hence, it is important for medical educators to encourage appropriate rational drug use with critical appraisal competency during the training stages prior to graduation [22]. At the same time, a reliable source that can provide the prescribers with unbiased or two-sided information about the drug is essential.…”

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Sources of information for new drugs among physicians in Thailand

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Student Understanding of the Relationship Between the Health Professions and the Pharmaceutical Industry

Abstract: Health professional students' knowledge and attitudes toward the pharmaceutical industry are formed prior to graduation. Professional curricula must address the influences of sales representatives before postgraduate training.

Cited by 52 publications

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Exposure of medical students to pharmaceutical marketing in primary care settings: frequent and influential

Exposure of medical students to pharmaceutical marketing in primary care settings: frequent and influential

Gifts and Corporate Influence in Doctor of Pharmacy Education

Sources of information for new drugs among physicians in Thailand

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