title: [Medical students and drug marketing].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the exposure of medical students to the marketing activities of the pharmaceutical industry, and identify their opinions and attitudes, and also the possible effects this exposure on their training and future professional practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive cross-sectional.
  
  
  METHODS
  University of Zaragoza Faculty of Medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  Third, fourth, fifth and sixth year medical students.
  
  
  METHODS
  The information was obtained using a previously adapted, self-report questionnaire on the exposure, attitudes and perceived suitability of drug marketing activities. Percentages were calculated for the categorical variables, applying the chi squared test for the comparison between the groups. A logistic regression was performed to determine the factors associated with their attitudes towards these activities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 369 questionnaires were returned (93% of those attending classes). The exposure to marketing activities is high, particularly in the clinical stage (78.6% said to have received a gift non-educational gift). The students recognised the possible biases and repercussions in professional practice, although with ambiguity and contradictions. The most accepted activities are those associated with training, and the most critical attitudes appear in the clinical stage, particularly in the sixth year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Exposure to drug marketing by medical students and its possible training and professional effects is frequent and significant. The training environment is particularly open to promotional activities. The differences observed in the later years suggest the need for a specific curriculum subject and development of reflective attitudes by the students themselves.
authors.affiliation: Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria, Centro de Salud Universitario Cartuja, Distrito Sanitario Granada, Servicio Andaluz de Salud, Granada, España. Electronic address: sarakalde@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Calderón Larrañaga
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Zaragoza, Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud, Zaragoza, España.
authors.forename: María José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rabanaque Hernández
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004345:Drug Industry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D040541:Marketing; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Conflict of interests; Conflicto de intereses; Estudiantes de medicina; Industria farmacéutica; Marketing; Medical ethics; Medical students; Pharmaceutical industry; Ética médica