ERIC Number: EJ808554
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Mar
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A Survey of the Interactions between Psychiatry Residency Programs and the Pharmaceutical Industry
Varley, Christopher K.; Jibson, Michael D.; McCarthy, Mary; Benjamin, Sheldon
Academic Psychiatry, v29 n1 p40-46 Mar 2005
OBJECTIVE: The authors report a survey of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training (AADPRT) on interactions between the pharmaceutical industry and psychiatry residency programs. METHODS: American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training membership was anonymously surveyed by e-mail and by paper distribution at the 2002 annual meeting. RESULTS: Twenty-seven percent of AADPRT members participated. Lunches for residents were the most common interaction, reported by 93% of programs, nearly all of which permitted literature and gifts to be distributed. Only 4% required faculty to be present. Retreats (27%) and travel funds (34%) were sponsored less frequently. One third of programs had written policies governing these interactions, but half of respondents did not know if their parent institutions had such policies. A minority of programs (40%) had formal didactic instruction for residents on this topic. Support for more information, direction, and teaching was widespread. CONCLUSIONS: The authors recommend more structured teaching and the establishment of formal program and institutional policies to govern these interactions.
Descriptors: Pharmacy, Industry, Physicians, Psychiatry, Graduate Medical Education, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Interaction, Surveys, School Business Relationship
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Language: English
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