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. 2014 Jun 30;9(6):e100114. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100114

Table 3. Participation in activities and acceptance of gifts from industry stratified by position (attendings vs. residents).

Attendings Residents p-value
Monthly encounters with pharmaceutical representatives
≥5 encounters 67 (73.6%) 11 (19.6%) <0.001
Number of occasions in which medical samples are received in a month
≥5 occasions 62 (68.1%) 9 (16.1%) <0.001
Number of occasions in which promotional material is received in a month
≥5 occasions 35 (38.5%) 6 (10.7%) <0.001
Registration to conferences financed by the pharmaceutical industry in a year
≥1 registration‡ 35 (38.9%) 17 (30.9%) 0.427

One teaching attending did not answer this question.