AMSA
AMSA's Local Chapter Project Directory
| PROJECT DESCRIPTION/CONTACT INFORMATION | |
| Project title | Faculty Discussion: Relationship Between Medicine and the Pharmaceutical Industry |
| Project type(s) | Speaker |
| Date completed | 02/11/2008 |
| Chapter | Keck SOM of University of Southern California |
| Project Coordinator | Cindy Xi |
| Summary of project | Three faculty members joined us to offer their thoughts on questions posed regarding the relationship between medicine and the pharmaceutical industry. To maximize time, questions were written in advance and topics ranged from working with pharmaceutical representatives to incentives for developing necessary drugs. Faculty present were from the departments of Emergency Medicine, Infectious Disease, and Internal Medicine. The event was held in a student lounge with couches. Pizza lunch was purchased by attendees as they entered. |
| Content area | Pharmaceutical Issues |
| Number of participants | 40 |
| Participant hours involved | 40 hour(s) |
| PROJECT PLANNING | |
| Coordinator roles | |
| Coordinator hours | hour(s) |
| FUNDING & ADVERTISING | |
| Total project cost | $16 |
| Project funding | Local chapter funds,Admission/participant charge |
| Funding breakdown of sources and/or donations: | |
| Project advertising | Many emails to medical and pharmacy students and flyers around campus. |
| PROJECT EVALUATION | |
| Success rating (1 = unsuccesful, 5 = very successful) |
4 |
| Lessons/suggestions | We received a lot of positive feedback about the event. Many wanted another session with time to get their own questions answered. |
| ADDITIONAL COMMENTS | |
| Comments | We were fortunate to get a very popular faculty member as a speaker, and many came simply to listen to him. |
