—Sir William Osler, The Student of Medicine Beyond providing a foundation in medical knowledge and skills, an effective medical education also must develop students’ abilities to recognize and fill current and future knowledge gaps. Given the flood of information and innovation— often from commercial interests such as pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers— our medical students and t...

funding combination is the most important issue for the companies while they know the amount of required capital. companies should be careful regarding the appliance of financial providing methods compatible with the investment strategy of company and profitability. this study seeks to examine the relationship between the capital structure and the profitability of pharmaceutical companies in ir...

in today’s global economy, the fundamental attribute of competitiveness have been driven from pecuniary capital to knowledge capital so that knowledge is known as the unique strategic resource to acquire competitive advantage. therefore, businesses that efficiently utilize existing knowledge within their organizations are expected to gain comparative advantage over their competitors. this resea...

BACKGROUND The way GPs work does not appear to be adapted to the needs of depressive patients. Therefore we wanted to examine Swedish GPs' conceptions of depressive disorders and their treatment and GPs' ideas of factors that may influence their manner of work with depressive patients. METHODS A postal questionnaire to a stratified sample of 617 Swedish GPs. RESULTS Most respondents assumed...

Pharmaceutical companies use a variety of strategies, including gifts, to influence physicians. In December 2009, the Medical Council of India amended the Code of Medical Ethics to ban medical professionals from accepting gifts from pharmaceutical companies. In view of this ban, it is important to find out the magnitude and contours of the problem amongst Indian medical professionals. We aimed ...

according to the vital role of pharmaceutical industry in health care system, pharmaceutical supply chain security, standard production and distribution of the pharmaceutical products are of great importance for pharmaceutical companies. therefore, applying technology, especially radio frequency identification (rfid), is essential to achieve these goals. moreover, due to the importance of secur...

The 39th Annual General Meeting of the Pharma Documentation Ring (PDR) was held in Berlin, Germany, on September 26, 1997. Common themes reported on included the impact and widespread use of intranet technology; expansion in end-user searching; experience with electronic journals; and programs for the development of electronic archiving and document management systems. Other sessions discussed ...