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Published on: December 11, 2016
A survey of the interactions between psychiatry residency programs and the pharmaceutical industry
Christopher K Varley1, Michael D Jibson, Mary McCarthy
1Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 359300/CL-08, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. cvarley@u.washington.edu
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.
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