From: Medical student and medical school teaching faculty perceptions of conflict of interest
Statement | Students | Faculty | p value | ||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Question 1 It is acceptable for healthcare professionals to receive gifts or food from pharmaceutical or medical device companiesa | 2.03 | 1.05 | 2.20 | 1.09 | 0.25 |
Question 2 It is acceptable for medical students to receive gifts or food from pharmaceutical or medical device companiesa | 2.00 | 1.09 | 2.20 | 1.11 | 0.16 |
Question 3 If I accept gift or food from pharmaceutical or medical device company representatives, I will be more likely to prescribe, use, or recommend those company’s products now or in the futurea | 2.13 | 1.21 | 2.44 | 1.32 | 0.102 |
Question 4 Healthcare professionals who accept gifts or food from pharmaceutical or medical device company representatives will be more likely to prescribe, use, or recommend those company’s productsa | 3.23 | 1.10 | 3.17 | 1.28 | 0.791 |
Question 5 Pharmaceutical and medical device company representatives should be prohibited from meeting with healthcare professionalsa | 2.27 | 1.00 | 2.07 | 1.12 | 0.10 |
Question 6 Pharmaceutical and medical device company representatives should be prohibited from meeting with medical studentsa | 2.83 | 1.16 | 2.96 | 1.39 | 0.52 |
Question 7 Medical schools should require educators to disclose to learners any monies received from pharmaceutical or medical device companies for speaking, consulting, travel, or researcha | 4.06 | 0.96 | 4.30 | 1.05 | 0.01 |
Question 8 Medical educators who disclose their potential conflicts of interest are less likely to present biased material than those who do not disclosea | 3.79 | 0.88 | 3.22 | 1.04 | <0.001 |
Question 9 Healthcare providers should disclose to patients any monies received from pharmaceutical or medical device companies for speaking, consulting, travel, or research, if it is related to a product or device that will be used in that patient’s carea | 3.98 | 0.98 | 4.09 | 0.90 | 0.55 |
Question 10 Healthcare providers should disclose to patients any monies received from pharmaceutical or medical device companies for speaking, consulting, travel, or research, regardless of the reason for that patient’s visita | 3.08 | 1.20 | 2.74 | 1.22 | 0.54 |