Need for awareness among doctors
May 9th, 2004, Viewed: 424 timesMy three month old baby dozed off in the afternoon and I took some time out for a little surfing on the net. Well , saw this site www.docnotes.net. I came across the following article :
What Residents Don’t Know about Physician-Pharmaceutical Industry Interactions
Academic Medicine Online — Abstracts: Watkins and Kimberly 79 (5): 432Internal medicine residents and faculty reported low levels of knowledge about physician-pharmaceutical industry relationships. Some consensus about educational components existed, but optimal educational formats remain uncertain. A six-hour curriculum to address this complex, emotionally charged topic was developed, implemented, and evaluated.
Well, this appears to be true in both the developed and the developing countries. Of course, the degree of ignorance may vary.There is need for awareness among the doctors. Especially the young, aspiring, ambitious ones. Let the pharmaceutical companies put in their effort. My thought is that doctors should use their brains and get the best from them and do everything in the good interest of the patients.
- Shephali