2005
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-5-5
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Teaching appropriate interactions with pharmaceutical company representatives: The impact of an innovative workshop on student attitudes

Abstract: Background: Pharmaceutical company representatives (PCRs) influence the prescribing habits and professional behaviour of physicians. However, the skills for interacting with PCRs are not taught in the traditional medical school curriculum. We examined whether an innovative, mandatory workshop for third year medical students had immediate effects on knowledge and attitudes regarding interactions with PCRs.

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“…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). The second group of studies investigates the effectiveness of educational programmes that teach skills to cope with marketing strategies (Garb 1960;Daniel and Leedham 1966;Palmisano and Edelstein 1980;Vinson et al 1993;Shear et al 1996;Suryawati and Santoso 1997;Wilkes and Hoffman 2001;Wofford and Ohl 2005). These studies conclude that such programmes have limited effects.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…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). The second group of studies investigates the effectiveness of educational programmes that teach skills to cope with marketing strategies (Garb 1960;Daniel and Leedham 1966;Palmisano and Edelstein 1980;Vinson et al 1993;Shear et al 1996;Suryawati and Santoso 1997;Wilkes and Hoffman 2001;Wofford and Ohl 2005). These studies conclude that such programmes have limited effects.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…[82][83][84] Another important influence is the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on physicians' prescribing. Pharmaceutical companies can influence physicians in many ways, for example by arranging interaction with a pharmaceutical representative, 85 by giving drug samples 86 or gifts to physicians, 87 and by funding physicians for travel or attending educational symposia as well as by providing research funding. 87 In the USA, it was estimated that 84% of pharmaceutical marketing is directed toward physicians, 88 an average of $10,000 for each physician per year.…”
Section: Physician's Professional Interactionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Las películas se han utilizado como una herramienta educativa para aumentar la motivación de los estudiantes de medicina porque permiten entender mejor los conceptos de la farmacología clínica [18]. Los juegos de rol sobre la promoción comercial de los medicamentos que hacen los visitadores médicos también se han desarrollado para generar un pensamiento crítico de los estudiantes sobre estas actividades [19,20]. Además, las sesiones educativas sobre la evaluación crítica de anuncios publicitarios de medicamentos, tal como hicimos, también se han evaluado [21].…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…La educación de los estudiantes sobre la promoción comercial de los medicamentos podría cambiar sus actitudes y mejorar sus habilidades para manejarlas [7]. Las iniciativas docentes más sencillas como una clase de una hora y una discusión posterior o un taller específico podrían tener algunos efectos adecuados sobre estas actitudes [20,22]. No obstante, estas sesiones educativas de manera aislada pueden no cambiar significativamente las percepciones de los estudiantes sobre la influencia de la industria farmacéutica si no existe una política educativa institucional más amplia y consistente [23].…”
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