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A Survey of the Interactions Between Psychiatry Residency Programs and the Pharmaceutical Industry

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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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  1. Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Box 359300/CL-08, Seattle, Washington, 98195, USA

    Christopher K. Varley M.D.

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Michael D. Jibson M.D., Ph.D.

  3. Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Mary McCarthy M.D.

  4. University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

    Sheldon Benjamin M.D.

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Varley, C.K., Jibson, M.D., McCarthy, M. et al. A Survey of the Interactions Between Psychiatry Residency Programs and the Pharmaceutical Industry. Acad Psychiatry 29, 40–46 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.29.1.40

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