Abstract
Background: Our objective was to determine whether industry support of researchers has a significant role in creating key opinion leaders (KOL). Methods: First-authored publications of the 162 speakers who delivered the 2008 American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) refresher courses, a sample of KOLs, were comprehensively evaluated for acknowledgment of industry support and their relevance to each lecture. Results: The data indicate that 3 of the 162 refresher course speakers had more than half of their publications supported by industry, whereas 106 of the 162 speakers disclosed no industry support. Overall, 9.4% of refresher course speaker first-authored publications disclosed industry support related to their lectures. Conclusions: Our data indicate that industry-supported career development does not occur with the majority of key opinion leaders in anesthesiology, a subset of KOLs in medicine in general. The data do not support the notion of widespread industry support creating bias through career development of KOLs.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 180-184 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Drug Information Journal |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2012 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Pharmacology (nursing)
- Drug guides
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
- Pharmacology (medical)
