Open AccessResident and Faculty Perceptions of Conflict of Interest in Medical Education
Author(s) -
Watson Peter Y.,
Khandelwal Akshay K.,
Musial Joseph L.,
Buckley John D.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of general internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.746
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 1525-1497
pISSN - 0884-8734
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.04075.x
Subject(s) - medicine , curriculum , graduate medical education , medical education , faculty development , family medicine , perception , professional development , psychology , pedagogy , accreditation , neuroscience
Objective: To determine resident and faculty perceptions of the pharmaceutical industry's influence on medical education. Design, Setting, And Participants: Anonymous survey of categorical residents and faculty in the department of medicine at a large, Midwestern, urban, independent academic medical center. Main Results: Eighty‐one residents (69.2%) and 196 faculty (75.7%) responded to the survey. Residents believed that a significantly higher percentage of primary care and subspecialist faculty receives industry income or gifts compared to faculty respondents. Many faculty, and to a significantly greater degree residents, indicated that income or gifts influence the teaching of both internal attending physicians and visiting faculty in a variety of educational settings. The majority of residents (61.7%) and faculty (62.2%) believed that annual income or gifts less than $10,000 could influence an attending physician's teaching. Most residents (65.4%) and faculty (74%) preferred that lecturers report all financial relationships with industry regardless of which relationships the lecturer believes are relevant. Conclusions: Most internal medicine residents and their faculty perceive that industry influences teaching in different educational settings, and want teachers to disclose all of their financial relationships with industry. This information may guide further development of policies and curricula addressing industry relationships within graduate medical education.