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Pharmaceutical policies in Canadian family medicine training. Survey of residency programs.

S Mahood1, C Zagozeski, T Bradel, K Lawrence.   

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether family medicine residency training programs have formal policies regarding interactions between residents and the pharmaceutical industry, to identify existing practices, and to find out what issues in industry-physician interaction are addressed during the 2-year core curriculum training in Canada.
DESIGN: Mailed survey using a questionnaire.
SETTING: The 16 Canadian residency training programs in family medicine. PARTICIPANTS: Program directors of all 16 Canadian family medicine residency training programs replied. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Number of programs with formal pharmaceutical policies; number of programs offering formal curriculum coverage of related topics in the field; program practices regarding industry sampling, detailing, sponsorship, and access.
RESULTS: Only four of the 16 programs have formal policies or guidelines. Topics generally covered in core curriculum included critical appraisal (13/16) and cost trends (11/16). Few programs address determinants of prescribing (5/16), marketing techniques (4/16), provincial drug access programs (6/16), or the Canadian Medical Association guidelines on physician-industry interaction (5/16). Industry presence and sponsorship in family medicine training is notable, and screening is limited. Great variation exists, and programs are interested in future initiatives.
CONCLUSIONS: Family medicine training in Canada is attempting to address pharmaceutical issues. Interest is strong, but these issues need to be given more emphasis.

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Keywords:  Empirical Approach; Health Care and Public Health

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Year:  1997        PMID: 9386881      PMCID: PMC2255199     

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Can Fam Physician        ISSN: 0008-350X            Impact factor:   3.275


  10 in total

1.  Policy recommendations for pharmaceutical representative-resident interactions.

Authors:  G L Brotzman; D H Mark
Journal:  Fam Med       Date:  1992-08       Impact factor: 1.756

2.  Physician prescribing practices: What do we know? Where do we go? How do we get there?

Authors:  A O Carter; D Strachan; Y Appiah
Journal:  CMAJ       Date:  1996-06-01       Impact factor: 8.262

3.  Physicians and the pharmaceutical industry.

Authors:  B P Squires
Journal:  CMAJ       Date:  1993-11-15       Impact factor: 8.262

4.  Reflections on a month in the life of the Ontario Drug Benefit Plan.

Authors:  W McIsaac; C D Naylor; G M Anderson; B J O'Brien
Journal:  CMAJ       Date:  1994-02-15       Impact factor: 8.262

5.  Academic medicine and the pharmaceutical industry: a cautionary tale.

Authors:  G Guyatt
Journal:  CMAJ       Date:  1994-03-15       Impact factor: 8.262

6.  We need dialogue and discussion, not a new Berlin Wall.

Authors:  J A Erola
Journal:  CMAJ       Date:  1994-03-15       Impact factor: 8.262

7.  Relations with the pharmaceutical industry.

Authors:  J Lexchin
Journal:  CMAJ       Date:  1994-08-15       Impact factor: 8.262

8.  Improving drug-therapy decisions through educational outreach. A randomized controlled trial of academically based "detailing".

Authors:  J Avorn; S B Soumerai
Journal:  N Engl J Med       Date:  1983-06-16       Impact factor: 91.245

Review 9.  Strategies for improving prescribing practice.

Authors:  G M Anderson; J Lexchin
Journal:  CMAJ       Date:  1996-04-01       Impact factor: 8.262

10.  Relation between physician characteristics and prescribing for elderly people in New Brunswick.

Authors:  W Davidson; D W Molloy; G Somers; M Bédard
Journal:  CMAJ       Date:  1994-03-15       Impact factor: 8.262

  10 in total
  2 in total

Review 1.  Interactions between pharmaceutical representatives and doctors in training. A thematic review.

Authors:  Daniella A Zipkin; Michael A Steinman
Journal:  J Gen Intern Med       Date:  2005-08       Impact factor: 5.128

2.  Teaching trainees to negotiate research collaborations with industry: a mentorship model.

Authors:  David B Merrill; Ragy R Girgis; Lincoln C Bickford; Stanislav R Vorel; Jeffrey A Lieberman
Journal:  Am J Psychiatry       Date:  2010-04       Impact factor: 18.112

  2 in total

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