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Table 1 Student attitudes toward PCR detailing before and after workshop intervention
| In your opinion, what is the educational value to practicing physicians offered by detailing from pharmaceutical representatives? (1 = No value at all, 5 = Extremely valuable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before-Not Valuable (<3) | Before-Neutral (3) | Before-Valuable (>3) | ||
| After-Not valuable (<3) | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| After-Neutral (3) | 10 | 20 | 3 | 33 |
| After-Valuable(>3) | 2 | 18 | 12 | 32 |
| 20 | 39 | 15 | ||
| In your opinion, what is the educational value to medical students offered by detailing from pharmaceutical representatives? (1 = No value at all, 5 = Extremely valuable) | ||||
| Before-Not Valuable (<3) | Before-Neutral (3) | Before-Valuable (>3) | ||
| After-Not valuable (<3) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| After-Neutral (3) | 8 | 19 | 4 | 31 |
| After-Valuable(>3) | 6 | 10 | 14 | 30 |
| 27 | 29 | 18 | ||
| What is you perception of the degree of bias in the information provided by pharmaceutical representatives detailing to practicing physicians? (1 = Not at all biased, 5 = Totally biased) | ||||
| Before-Not Biased (<3) | Before-Neutral (3) | Before-Biased (>3) | ||
| After-Not biased (<3) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| After-Neutral (3) | 0 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| After-Biased(>3) | 0 | 3 | 51 | 54 |
| 0 | 10 | 64 | ||
| How influential are pharmaceutical representatives with regard to physicians' prescribing habits? (1 = Not at all influential, 5 = Very influential) | ||||
| Before-Not Influential (<3) | Before-Neutral (3) | Before-Influential (>3) | ||
| After-Not influential (<3) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| After-Neutral (3) | 7 | 11 | 5 | 23 |
| After- Influential (>3) | 2 | 17 | 27 | 36 |
| 11 | 30 | 33 | ||
