Nearly three-quarters of respondents reported that education about drug promotion is part of the required curriculum at their institution, and over half reported more than one type of course on promotion, for example both inclusion within the required curriculum and within an elective or specialty/residency training. (Table 2) As noted in Table 2a, inclusion in most cases within the required curriculum was the norm rather than the exception across different regions. However these findings cannot be confidently generalized to non-respondents because institutions which do not provide education about drug promotion may have tended not to respond to our questionnaire.
Table 2: Educational activities*
| |
Pharmacy
n=91 |
Medical
n=137 |
Combined
n=228 |
Part of the required curriculum |
64 (70%) |
101 (74%) |
165 (72%) |
Included within an elective course |
29 (32%) |
32 (23%) |
61 (27%) |
Within specialty/residency training |
21 (23%) |
38 (28%) |
59 (26%) |
In other ways |
44 (48%) |
63 (46%) |
107 (47%) |
How many types of courses were listed? |
|
|
|
One |
37 (41%) |
71 (52%) |
108 (47%) |
Two |
42 (46%) |
38 (28%) |
80 (35%) |
Three or four |
12 (13%) |
28 (20%) |
40 (18%) |
*Note: for list of names of courses and types of specialties, see page 44
Table 2a: Educational activities by region
| |
Europe
(n=92) |
Americas
(n=56) |
W Pacific
(n=31) |
Africa
(n=20) |
SE Asia
(n=20) |
E Mediterr
(n=9) |
Part of required curriculum |
69 (75%) |
36 (64%) |
25 (81%) |
17 (85%) |
13 (65%) |
5 (56%) |
In elective course |
26 (28%) |
21 (38%) |
5 (16%) |
2 (10%) |
4 (20%) |
3 (33%) |
Specialty/residency training |
25 (27%) |
14 (25%) |
4 (13%) |
6 (30%) |
6 (30%) |
4 (44%) |
In other ways |
37 (40%) |
32 (57%) |
13 (42%) |
10 (50%) |
12 (60%) |
3 (33%) |
How many types of courses were listed? |
One |
45 (49%) |
22 (39%) |
19 (61%) |
8 (40%) |
10 (50%) |
4 (44%) |
Two |
32 (35%) |
22 (39%) |
8 (26%) |
9 (45%) |
5 (25%) |
4 (44%) |
Three or four |
15 (16%) |
12 (21%) |
4 (13%) |
3 (15%) |
5 (25%) |
1 (11%) |
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