Table 4.

Role of public entities and private industry in continuing medical education (CME) support

Questions	Important or very important score 4+5, n (%)
1. Which method do you primarily use for your CME? You can select multiple choices and attribute different scores from ‘not at all important’ (1) to ‘very important’ (5).
Medical websites.	185 (60.8)
Scientific journals.	278 (89.1)
CME courses.	181 (59.5)
Conferences.	211 (67.4)
Pharmaceutical representatives.	42 (13.7)
Books.	62 (20.9)
2. Who should pay for your CME? You can select multiple choices and attribute different scores from ‘not at all important’ (1) to ‘very important’ (5).
Myself.	27 (9.3)
Hospital.	256 (83.1)
Public institutions.	211 (70.3)
Pharmaceutical companies.	51 (17.3)
Research foundations.	140 (48.1)