Healthy Skepticism Library item: 1828
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Publication type: Journal Article
Chakrabarti A, Fleisher WP, Staley D, Calhoun L.
Interactions of staff and residents with pharmaceutical industry: a survey of psychiatric training program policies.
Ann R Coll Physicians Surg Can 2002 Dec; 35:(8):
Abstract:
Objectives: In response to perceived controversies regarding interactions between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry, we undertook a study to look at the relationship between Canadian psychiatry training programs and the pharmaceutical industry. Methods: The authors distributed a survey to the residency program directors and chief residents of the 16 psychiatry training programs in Canada. Results: Of respondents, 75 per cent were either unaware of or noted an absence of policies or guidelines regarding interactions with the pharmaceutical industry in their training programs; 70 per cent viewed staff psychiatrists and residents to be at least 50 per cent familiar with the Canadian Medical Association’s policy summary; and 74 per cent were unaware of any structural teaching regarding potential conflicts of interest between psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry. A significant number of respondents perceived occasional excessive influence by the pharmaceutical industry on residents’ training. Conclusions: Despite concerns about potential conflicts of interest, there are a few guidelines in most psychiatry training programs in Canada regarding the relationship between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry.
Keywords:
Canada
Conflict of Interest*
Data Collection
Drug Industry*/economics
Education, Medical, Graduate/standards*
Guideline Adherence
Guidelines
Humans
Internship and Residency/ethics*
Internship and Residency/standards*
Interprofessional Relations/ethics*
Organizational Policy
Physicians/ethics
Program Evaluation
Psychiatry/education*
Psychiatry/ethics
Societies, Medical
