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AMSA's Local Chapter Project Directory
| PROJECT DESCRIPTION/CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Project title | Confessions of a Former Pharm Rep |
| Project type(s) | Speaker |
| Date completed | 10/22/2007 |
| Chapter | Keck SOM of University of Southern California |
| Project Coordinator | Shijun Cindy Xi |
| Summary of project | Shahram Ahari, MPH, draws from his experience as a former pharmaceutical representative to discuss the corporate training and indoctrination process, the tools and subtle tactics reps employ to influence physician prescribing behavior and the subsequent cost to the patient. AMSA PharmFree pledges were distributed and collected. |
| Content area | Pharmaceutical Issues |
| Number of participants | 80 |
| Participant hours involved | 80 hour(s) |
| PROJECT PLANNING | |
| Coordinator roles | |
| Coordinator hours | hour(s) |
| FUNDING & ADVERTISING | |
| Total project cost | $180 |
| Project funding | Local chapter funds,AMSA grant |
| Funding breakdown of sources and/or donations: | |
| Project advertising | Flyers at Health Sciences Campus and emails to schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry. |
| PROJECT EVALUATION | |
| Success rating (1 = unsuccesful, 5 = very successful) |
4 |
| Lessons/suggestions | It's difficult to give Shahram only 1 hr to do this talk and have time to ask questions. In anticipation of this, we provided a later time slot for discussion (in separate project log). |
