A student from BSMS writes

doi:10.1136/bmj.b399

Published 2 February 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b399
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b399

Letters

Into the therapeutics void

A student from BSMS writes

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It is crucial to be aware of the role and scope of pharmaceuticaladvertising (in whatever form it may take) and its effect onprescribing. I have campaigned on such issues, and as a studentat Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) I originally raisedmy concerns about the module there.¹

However, I must clarify two points.

So far as I am aware, BSMS is unlikely to be "filling the therapeuticsvoid" with this module. For one thing, only a maximum of 10students a year can take it as it is one of about 60 studentselected components that we are allocated for one afternoona week over a period of 8 weeks in the third year
BSMS doesnot have its own clinical pharmacology department,and, althoughsome students think that this aspect of teachingcould be increased,all our pharmacology teaching is currentlyprovided by the School. . . [Full text of this article]