Learning by doing in the student-run Pharmacovigilance Program

Schutte, Tim; Tichelaar, Jelle; Reumerman, Michael O.; Eekeren, Rike van; Rolfes, Leàn; Richir, Milan C.; Puijenbroek, van Eugène; Agtmael, Van

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“…Additionally, three (27%) studies reported that fourth- and fifth-year medical and pharmacy students also felt to have inadequate knowledge to report ADRs [ 42 , 49 , 51 ]. Healthcare students in almost all (15 studies) studies felt that ADR reporting and pharmacovigilance should be included in pharmacy and medical curricula [ 38 , 40 – 43 , 45 , 47 , 48 , 53 , 57 , 59 , 64 – 66 ]. Two studies reported that dentistry [ 46 ] and nursing [ 56 ] students felt neither positive nor negative about including ADR reporting in their curriculum.…”

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Urgent need to modernize pharmacovigilance education in healthcare curricula: review of the literature

Reumerman

Tichelaar

Piersma

et al. 2018

Eur J Clin Pharmacol

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ObjectivesPharmacovigilance education is essential since adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a serious health problem and contribute to unnecessary patient burden and hospital admissions. Healthcare professionals have little awareness of pharmacovigilance and ADR reporting, and only few educational interventions had durable effects on this awareness. Our future healthcare providers should therefore acquire an adequate set of pharmacovigilance competencies to rationally prescribe, distribute, and monitor drugs. We investigated the pharmacovigilance and ADR-reporting competencies of healthcare students to identify educational interventions that are effective in promoting pharmacovigilance.MethodsThe PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and ERIC databases were searched using the terms “pharmacovigilance,” “students,” and “education.”.ResultsTwenty-five cross-sectional and 14 intervention studies describing mostly medical and pharmacy students were included. Intentions and attitudes on ADR reporting were overall positive, although most students felt inadequately prepared, missed the training on this topic, and lacked basic knowledge. Although nearly all students observed ADRs during clinical rounds, only a few had actually been involved in reporting an ADR. Educational interventions were predominately lectures, sometimes accompanied by small interactive working groups. Most interventions resulted in a direct increase in knowledge with an unknown long-term effect. Real-life learning initiatives have shown that healthcare students are capable of contributing to patient care while increasing their ADR-reporting skills and knowledge.ConclusionsThere is an urgent need to improve and innovate current pharmacovigilance education for undergraduate healthcare students. By offering real-life pharmacovigilance training, students will increase their knowledge and awareness but can also assist current healthcare professionals to meet their pharmacovigilance obligations.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1007/s00228-018-2500-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Urgent need to modernize pharmacovigilance education in healthcare curricula: review of the literature

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Tichelaar

Piersma

et al. 2018

Eur J Clin Pharmacol

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“…A recent review concluded that postgraduate PV courses, as well as the implementation of workshops or practical learning activities, are suitable to improve the knowledge of PV and preparedness in ADRs reporting [17]. Therefore, this supports the need for continuous education in the field of PV, which is also outlined in similar studies that highlighted the importance of a proactive attitude towards ADRs reporting and active forms of learning of this topic [7,19]. A quarter of the respondents believed (agreed/strongly agreed) that all ADRs are known before a drug is marketed.…”

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“…This outlines the need for education on PV and its importance again. Continuous education and training for HCPs on PV, as well as inter-professional collaboration, have proved to be very beneficial for improving their abilities in PV and ADRs reporting [19]. PV is an extensive field that requires a vast knowledge of pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, IT/biostatistics and legislation [2].…”

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“…PV is an extensive field that requires a vast knowledge of pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, IT/biostatistics and legislation [2]. With this in mind, it is considered that a practical approach when studying PV during their years of studies helps students to gain more knowledge than through a passive approach [2,5,17,19].…”

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Knowledge, Opinion and Attitudes Towards Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting Among Pharmacy Students in Romania

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2021

FARMACIA

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Pharmacists' contribution to adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reporting is very low in Romania. Knowledge, opinion and attitudes on ADRs reporting and pharmacovigilance (PV) were tested in an e-survey on social media among pharmacy students in Romania, based on an anonymous questionnaire. 138 students from 9 pharmacy faculties participated in the survey. 58.7% were students in their final years of study. Among all students, 92% planned to report ADRs as future pharmacists, but only 48% of students in their last (fifth) year and 37% in their fourth year considered themselves prepared/ready to report. Overall, less than half (45.7%) of the students have studied PV, and 95% of all agreed that PV should be included in their curricula as a separate course. Most of the students (94%) knew that they could report ADRs to the National Competent Authority. Students considered that serious (94%), unknown (90%) ADRs and those related to a new medicine (90%) should be reported. Most students considered that the purpose of ADRs reporting is patient safety (85%) and detection of unknown ADRs (84%). 80% considered that ADRs reporting should be mandatory. RezumatÎn România, contribuția farmaciștilor la raportarea reacțiilor adverse (RA) ale medicamentelor este foarte scăzută. Cunoștințele, opinia și atitudinile cu privire la raportarea RA și farmacovigilență (FV) au fost testate printr-un sondaj online în rândul studenților farmaciști din România, pe baza unui chestionar anonim. Au participat 138 de studenți de la 9 facultăți de farmacie. 58,7% au fost studenți în ultimii doi ani de studiu. Dintre toți studenții, 92% intenționează să raporteze RA ca viitori farmaciști, dar doar 48% dintre studenții din ultimul an și 37% din al patrulea an s-au considerat pregătiți să raporteze. Mai puțin de jumătate dintre studenți (45,7%) au studiat FV și 95% consideră că FV ar trebui să fie inclusă în programa universitară. Majoritatea studenților (94%) știau că pot raporta RA Autorității Naționale Competente. Studenții au considerat că RA grave (94%), necunoscute (90%) și cele asociate unui medicament nou (90%) ar trebui raportate. Majoritatea studenților au considerat că scopul raportării RA este siguranța pacienților (85%) și detectarea RA necunoscute (84%). 80% au considerat că raportarea RA ar trebui să fie obligatorie.

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Learning by doing in the student-run Pharmacovigilance Program

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Urgent need to modernize pharmacovigilance education in healthcare curricula: review of the literature

Urgent need to modernize pharmacovigilance education in healthcare curricula: review of the literature

Knowledge, Opinion and Attitudes Towards Adverse Drug Reactions Reporting Among Pharmacy Students in Romania

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