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ArticleJMIR formative research2026

Medical Students and Clinicians' Perceptions of Social Media Direct-to-Consumer Advertising and Medication Requests.

Erin Willis, Samuel M Tham, Janelle Applequist, Delaney Fouts, Ayra Ali, Charles Mulkey, Natali Shaver

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Article in JMIR formative research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Erin WillisAdvertising, Public Relations, and Design, University of Colorado Boulder, 1511 University Ave, 478 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309, United States, 1 4175931005.ORCID 0000-0002-1582-0867
Samuel M ThamDepartment of Journalism and Media Communication, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4188-387X
Janelle ApplequistZimmerman School of Advertising and Mass Communication, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6698-8555
Delaney FoutsSchool of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.ORCID 0009-0007-5843-3828
Ayra AliSchool of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States.ORCID 0009-0004-3834-9993
Charles MulkeySchool of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States.ORCID 0009-0006-8432-2622
Natali ShaverSchool of Medicine, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, United States.ORCID 0009-0008-4497-5738

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlabelled: This study examines how medical students and clinicians report experiencing patient medication requests associated with prescription drug direct-to-consumer advertising on social media; survey data from 98 respondents indicate that those providing both in-person and virtual care encounter more frequent requests for medications advertised online, particularly branded glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) weight loss drugs.

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Attitude of Health PersonnelDirect-to-Consumer AdvertisingPerceptionPhysiciansSocial MediaStudents, MedicalAdultDigital MediaFemaleHumansMaleSurveys and QuestionnairesGLP-1 agonistsglucagon-like peptide-1pharmaceutical advertisingsocial mediatelehealth

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PMID42024852
PMCPMC13105398

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