Medical responsibility and the influence of medical delegates

The aim of this work is to study medical responsibility in the face of the influence of medical representatives in medical prescribing in hospitals.Method: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive and prospective study carried out in the public hospitals of Ouagadougou from January 08 to January 31, 2024. Physicians were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire.Results: Our study involved 213 physicians in the city of Ouagadougou, with an average prescriber age of 34.7 years and a male predominance of 58.7%. Specialized physicians were the most represented: 51.2%. Doctors with less than 5 years' professional experience accounted for 50%. 95.8% of prescribers said they had received gifts, mostly drug samples 91.8% medical equipment 87.1% catering 39.7% conference funding 39.2% .... The Internet was the most widely used source of information (44.1%) for prescribers to verify the information provided by the medical representative. Antibiotics were the most represented drug class at 62.3%, with high specialty prescribing at 66%.