Pharmaceutical industry support for junior residency education in Japan : a national survey of program directors
10.11307/mededjapan.44.219
- VernacularTitle:研修医教育に対する製薬企業からの支援 : 初期臨床研修プログラム責任者を対象とした全国調査研究
- Author:
Kei Mukohara
;
Yasushi Miyata
;
Sayaka Saito
;
Iwao Gohma
;
Hitoshi Miyazaki
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
junior residency education;
pharmaceutical industry-physician relationship
- From:Medical Education
2013;44(4):219-225
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
To examine the status of pharmaceutical industry support for junior residency education in Japan, we performed a questionnaire survey of 445 residency program directors （response rate, 76%）.
1） Fifty-one percent of respondents thought that industry support was necessary for education, and 28% did not believe that industry support negatively affects residents’ prescribing behaviors.
2） Twelve percent said their institutions had a curriculum for physician-industry relationships. Ten percent prohibit residents from meeting with pharmaceutical representatives, and 30% ban gifts from industry.
3） Fifty-one percent reported that they had pharmaceutical industry-sponsored in-hospital educational events for residents, and 73% reported that they had industry-sponsored in-hospital educational events which residents were allowed to attend.
4） Program directors’ belief that industry support was necessary for education predicted that programs would receive such support.
