Drug Information and the Community Pharmacist

Cardoni, Alex A.; Palmer, Henry A.; Grover, Richard

doi:10.1016/s0003-0465(16)33226-8

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“…Some of these studies concluded that pharmacists may not have sufficient access to important references 3,10. Only a few aimed at determining the types of questions answered by pharmacists, which would be necessary to assess whether resources were adequate.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Assessment and use of drug information references in Utah pharmacies

Moorman¹,

MacDonald²,

Trovato³

et al. 2017

Pharm Pract (Granada)

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Objective:To determine which drug references Utah pharmacists use most frequently. To determine which types of drug information questions are most commonly asked, and whether Utah pharmacists have access to adequate references to respond to these questions.Methods:A 19-question survey was created using Qualtrics, LLC (Provo, Utah) software. An electronic survey link was sent to 1,431 pharmacists with a valid e-mail address listed in the Department of Professional Licensing database. Questions focused on available references in the participant’s pharmacy, how current the references are, and the participant’s use of the references. Surveys were analyzed for participants practicing in either community or hospital pharmacies in the state of Utah.Results:A total of 147 responses were included in the analysis. Approximately 44% of respondents practiced in the community, and 56% practiced in a hospital setting. The most commonly used references by Utah pharmacists are Micromedex, Lexicomp, UpToDate, Clinical Pharmacology, and Drug Facts & Comparisons. Pharmacists in the community frequently receive questions related to adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and over-the-counter medications. Pharmacists in the hospital frequently receive questions relating to dosage and administration, drug interactions, and adverse drug reactions. About 89% of community pharmacists and 96% of hospital pharmacists feel available references are adequate to answer the questions they receive.Conclusions:Utah pharmacists generally use large reference suites to answer drug information questions. The majority of pharmacists consider the references available to them to be adequate to answer the questions they receive.

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confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, the most recent survey was published in 1992, before the “electronic era” of medical references 4. All of these factors limit the utility of the results 3,10. There have not been studies evaluating which drug information references pharmacists have access to throughout the state of Utah.…”

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confidence: 99%

Assessment and use of drug information references in Utah pharmacies

Moorman¹,

MacDonald²,

Trovato³

et al. 2017

Pharm Pract (Granada)

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“…5 The present study may also differ from the data previously reported as it reports inquiries made to and documented by students, rather than inquiries made to and documented by pharmacists, and only represents those questions the students documented, thereby introducing a potential bias. The lower number of inquiries than expected may have been the result of students not documenting all questions at the time they were received, or the result of preceptors reducing the number of inquiries students were required to document.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…[3][4][5][6] These data are limited to older publications from the 1970s to 1990s. As community pharmacy practice and drug information resources have advanced since that time, a more current evaluation of drug information inquiries and resources is needed to guide faculty members when developing a curriculum to adequately prepare pharmacy graduates and to identify the drug information resource needs of community pharmacy experi-ential sites.…”

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Drug Information Questions Posed to Community Pharmacy Advanced Practice Experience Students

Cerulli¹,

Zeolla²,

Cottrell³

2004

Am J Pharm Educ

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Outcomes includes the provision of drug information to health care professionals and the public as one of the many outcomes pharmacy graduates should have mastered upon completion of the curriculum. 1 Due to their accessibility, community pharmacists receive numerous drug information questions from patients. Therefore, the ability to evaluate a health-related inquiry and provide an appropriate response to the requestor in a community pharmacy setting is an essential skill to develop. Faculty members should ensure that students are provided with the opportunity to develop this practicebased outcome during components of the didactic and experiential curricula.To address this, the Albany College of Pharmacy Community Pharmacy Advanced Practice Experiences (CPAPEs) require students to document drug information requests. 2 This activity allows students to practice the desired CAPE outcome while enhancing their documentation skills. It also enables preceptors and experiential education faculty members to review activities occurring at the practice site for quality assurance purposes.Previous studies describing drug information inquiries and resources commonly used in the community pharmacy setting employed survey techniques to determine the types of inquiries received, and/or preceded the availability of electronic drug information resources. [3][4][5][6] These data are limited to older publications from the 1970s to 1990s. As community pharmacy practice and drug information resources have advanced since that time, a more current evaluation of drug information inquiries and resources is needed to guide faculty members when developing a curriculum to adequately prepare pharmacy graduates and to identify the drug information resource needs of community pharmacy experi- Objective. To document drug information questions received by students during community pharmacy advanced practice experiences (CPAPEs) in order to categorize the types of inquiries received and to identify the references used and the student-reported usefulness of those resources. Methods. Fifty-one CPAPE students were asked to document 10 drug information questions on a standard form, indicating the references used and the usefulness of that resource. The data were entered into a database. Results. Most of the 272 inquiries documented concerned prescription medications and were initiated by patients (55%) or pharmacists (35%). Adverse events (n = 78) and pharmacotherapy (n = 73) were the most frequent question classifications encountered. The most common references cited were Micromedex (Thompson Scientific and Health Care Group, Greenwood Village, Co), Drug Facts and Comparisons (Facts and Comparisons, St. Louis, Mo), and package inserts. Although Micromedex and package inserts were found useful in 71% and 64% of inquiries, respectively, Drug Facts and Comparisons was deemed not useful 53% of the time. Conclusions. Several of the most useful references identified by students may not be readily available at community pharmacy sites. Student documentatio...

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“…6,7 Investigators of a recently published study evaluated the types of questions received by pharmacy students completing an APPE in community pharmacy; however, some of the questions received by the students participating in the study were contrived for the practice experience and may not reflect true consumer-based questions. 8 To our knowledge no comparative analysis has been published in the literature examining potential differences between academic training and career experiences in drug information.…”

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confidence: 99%

Preparing Students for Community Pharmacy Practice During a Drug Information Advanced Practice Experience

Lauderdale¹,

Kendrach²,

Freeman³

2007

Am J Pharm Educ

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Objective. To determine whether students completing an advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) at an academic-affiliated drug information center received questions similar to those received by pharmacists practicing in community settings. Methods. Graduates of Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy residing in Southeastern states were surveyed via US mail to determine the characteristics of inquiries received from health care providers and the public in community practice. Survey results were compared to inquiries received at Samford University Global Drug Information Center (SUGDIS).Results. The response rate to the survey of graduates was 36% (268 of 738 surveys). Respondents identified nonprescription drugs (65%), adverse drug reactions (62.7%), and drug interactions (62.4%) as the top 3 types of questions answered routinely in community practice, while drug therapy (13.9%), dosing (10.2%), and adverse drug reactions (6.5%) were the 3 types of questions most commonly answered at SUGDIS. The most common resources used to answer questions in the community and SUGDIS were Drug Facts and Comparisons and specialty references, respectively. Conclusions. Differences were noted in types of questions received, expected speed of response, and reference utilization. As a result, activities were incorporated into the drug information APPE to address the disparities noted in the study.

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Drug Information and the Community Pharmacist

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Assessment and use of drug information references in Utah pharmacies

Assessment and use of drug information references in Utah pharmacies

Drug Information Questions Posed to Community Pharmacy Advanced Practice Experience Students

Preparing Students for Community Pharmacy Practice During a Drug Information Advanced Practice Experience

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