Fein Eric H, Vermillion Michelle L, Uijtdehaage Sebastian H J
a Rising MS 3 Office of Student Affairs.
b Staff Research Associate Center for Education Development and Research.
Med Educ Online. 2007 Dec;12(1):4465. doi: 10.3402/meo.v12i.4465.
Background - Recent studies have examined the exposures and attitudes of physicians and third- and fourth-year medical students toward pharmaceutical industry marketing, but fewer studies have addressed these topics among pre-clinical medical students. Thus, the purpose of this study was to assess pre-clinical students' level of exposure to the pharmaceutical industry and their attitudes toward marketing. Method - First and second-year medical students at UCLA completed a 40-item survey based on previous studies. Results - Over three quarters of pre-clinical students (78.5% or 226 of 288) responded to the survey. Exposure to pharmaceutical industry marketing started very early in medical school. Most second-year students (77%) had received gifts including drug samples after three semesters. Most felt that this would not affect their future prescribing behavior. Conclusions - These findings and findings from related studies, coupled with the students' desire to learn more about the issue, suggest that an early educational intervention addressing this topic may be warranted in American medical schools.
背景——最近的研究调查了医生以及医学三、四年级学生对制药行业营销的接触情况和态度，但针对临床前医学生的此类研究较少。因此，本研究旨在评估临床前学生接触制药行业的程度及其对营销的态度。方法——加州大学洛杉矶分校的医学一、二年级学生基于以往研究完成了一项包含40个条目的调查。结果——超过四分之三的临床前学生（288人中的226人，占78.5%）对调查做出了回应。医学生在医学院学习的早期就开始接触制药行业营销。大多数二年级学生（77%）在三个学期后收到过包括药品样品在内的礼物。大多数人认为这不会影响他们未来的处方行为。结论——这些发现以及相关研究的结果，再加上学生们希望更多地了解这个问题，表明美国医学院校可能有必要针对这一主题进行早期教育干预。
