Table 3.

Pharmacist training or education regarding the DP (n=463)

Statement	N (%)	Gender		P value	Age group, years			P value
		Male (335)	Female (128)		20–25 (159)	26–30 (221)	31–35 (83)
Have you received any teaching during your studies about the ethics or effects of drug company promotion?	124 (26.8)	92 (27.5)	32 (25.0)	0.593	50 (31.1)	36 (16.3)	38 (45.8)	0.000
Have you ever received any teaching in your studies about how to handle or interpret drug promotional material and/or drug representatives (pharmaceutical company agents)?	116 (25.0)	85 (25.4)	31 (24.2)	0.793	0 (0.0)	48 (21.7)	68 (81.9)	0.000
Do you have a personal friendship with a medical representative?	115 (25.0)	91 (27.2)	24 (18.8)	0.061	34 (21.4)	47 (21.3)	34 (41.0)	0.000
Have you ever been approached by pharmaceutical company representatives when attending pharmacy placement?	322 (69.5)	230 (68.7)	92 (71.9)	0.501	109 (68.6)	151 (68.3)	62 (74.4)	0.530
Have you ever been approached by pharmaceutical company representatives within the Health Sciences Centre?	84 (18.1)	65 (19.4)	19 (14.8)	0.255	41 (25.8)	33 (14.9)	10 (12.0)	0.007
Statement	Experience (years)
	1–3 (339)	4–6 (124)	P value
Have you received any teaching during your studies about the ethics or effects of drug company promotion?	78 (23.0)	46 (37.1)	0.002
Have you ever received any teaching in your studies about how to handle or interpret drug promotional material and/or drug representatives (pharmaceutical company agents)?	7 (1.9)	111 (89.5)	0.000
Do you have a personal friendship with a medical representative?	69 (20.4)	46 (37.1)	0.000
Have you ever been approached by pharmaceutical company representatives when attending pharmacy placement?	238 (70.2)	84 (67.7)	0.61
Have you ever been approached by pharmaceutical company representatives within the Health Sciences Centre?	69 (20.4)	15 (12.1)	0.041

DP, drug promotion.