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Class of 2010 Abstract / OBJECTIVES: To determine and compare the ability and confidence of pharmacy students’ drug information skills at the end of their third and fourth years of pharmacy school. METHODS: This study used a self-­‐assessment questionnaire that was distributed to third and fourth year doctor of pharmacy candidates at the end of the academic year. The questionnaire consisted of 22 items using a 5-­‐point scale that ranged from excellent (5) to poor (1) and 5 demographic questions. The topics included five categories: communication issues, resource use, critical evaluation, questions and answers, and miscellaneous items. RESULTS: Seventy-­‐one of 86 (82.6%) third year students and 51 of 79 (64.6%) fourth year students participated in the study. Fourth year students were found to be more confident than third year students in their abilities to provide drug information responses in 21 of 22 questions and in all 5 category topics (p < 0.001 for each comparison). Compared to women, men were more comfortable in speaking with health care professionals about drug information requests (p = 0.047), and were more confident in their ability to use International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (p = 0.035), to prepare an appropriate recommendation when conflicting information was found in the literature (p = 0.040), and in evaluating meta-­‐analysis literature (p = 0.045). CONCLUSIONS: Additional drug information requirements and experiences during the fourth year clinical rotations were associated with higher confidence in the self-­‐perception of drug information skills compared to third year pharmacy students who only had didactic courses in drug information. More studies need to be completed that compare different types of drug information rotations and requirements.

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Diss. (sammanfattning) Stockholm : Karol. inst. / Härtill 6 uppsatser.

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Bakgrund: Äldre personer över 65 år står för största delen av läkemedelskonsumtionen i Sverige. Läkemedelsanvändningen har ökat kraftigt och syns främst bland äldre på särskilda boende. Sannolikheten att drabbas av biverkningar bland äldre ökar ju fler läkemedel en person använder. Att flera äldre vårdas på sjukhus som ett resultat av effekter av olika läkemedel tyder på ett stort behov av information och undervisning i läkemedelshantering. Detta ställer allt högre krav på sjuksköterskans roll med avseende på läkemedelsinformation på särskilda boenden. Syfte: Att beskriva sjuksköterskors syn på äldres läkemedelsinformation inom särskilda boenden. Metod: Uppsatsen har genomförts som en intervjustudie med kvalitativ design och omfattar intervjuer med sex legitimerade sjuksköterskor. Samtliga deltagare arbetar på olika särskilda boenden inom Stockholmsområdet. Metoden för analysen var en induktiv kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Resultatet består av fyra huvudteman med tillhörande sju teman. Huvudteman indelas i Betydelsefulla aspekter inför läkemedelsinformation, Äldres intresse att få information styr vilken uppmärksamhet och tid de får, Tidsbrist och stress påverkar förmågan att ge och ta emot information och Sjuksköterskans etiska och moraliska reflektioner. Diskussion: Det kognitiva hälsotillståndet hos de äldre verkade vara avgörande för hur och om informationen skulle ges. Sjuksköterskornas möjlighet och sätt att informera de äldre påverkades även av andra faktorer. Många av svårigheterna som hindrade en adekvat kommunikation i samband med läkemedelsinformation var mest kopplade till sjuksköterskans höga arbetsbelastning och tidsbrist.

Drug Information Centre service analysis I. Author: Barbora Chmelíková Supervisor: PharmDr. Kateřina Malá, Ph.D. Consultant: PharmDr. Petra Thomson Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Czech Republic Introduction and aim of the thesis This study deals with the analysis of enquiries of the Drug Information Centre (DIC) of Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University and University Hospital Hradec Králové. DIC have a unique role within provide clinical- pharmaceutical care in the provision of drug information. The aim of this study was the analysis of drug enquiries in 1994-2016 focusing on their urgency, type of enquiries and ATC groups. Methods The data analysed were collected from all recorded enquiries in the Excel database within 1994-2016. Therefore, it was necessary to transform some of the paper- recorded enquiries from 1994 to 2002 into the Excel database in which the enquiries data from 2003 to 2016 were already included. Data analysis firstly focused on the characteristics of the enquiries (quantity, healthcare professionals' characteristics such as region, position, enquiry type and urgency of the enquiries). The character of enquiries included properties and active pharmaceutical ingredient of the medicines,...

Drug Information Centre service analysis II. Author: Natália Čikovská Supervisor: PharmDr. Kateřina Malá, Ph.D. Consultant: PharmDr. Petra Thomson Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Czech Republic Introduction: Drug Information Centre (DIC) of the Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralové was established in 1994 and is the only university-based DIC in the Czech Republic. DIC is providing expert information about drugs, such as answering medicines-related enquiries received from healthcare professionals. Objective: The objective of diploma thesis was to gather and analyze information about the informational service of LIC FAF UK a FN HK in 1994-2016 aimed for general characteristics of drug enquiries and professional drug information resources used for solving the enquiries. Methods: Detailed analysis of DIC activities was performed to compile suitable data. All enquiries from years between 1994 and 2016 were summarized into a database using Microsoft Excel software. General characteristics of the enquiries were analyzed, such an average number of enquiries per year or time needed for resolving one enquiry. Information about enquirers was considered as well, e.g. their profession and region, from which the enquiries were sent....

Drug Information Centre service analysis III. Author: Tereza Harazimová Supervisor: PharmDr. Kateřina Malá, Ph.D. Consultant: PharmDr. Petra Rozsívalová Department of Social and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Czech Republic Introduction: Drug Information Center (DIC) of the Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, and University Hospital Hradec Králové was established in 1994. Major activity of the DIC is providing expert information about drugs - primarily in the form of answers to various medicines-related enquiries sent by healthcare professionals. DIC deals with enquiries related to general pharmacotherapy including complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Aim of study: Aim of the study was to evaluate DIC's activity in the period 2015-2017 through feedback from questioners and to analyse enquiries related to CAM in the period 1994-2017. Methods: The feedback of questioners whosent the enquiry to DIC from 2015 to 2017 was obtained using an online questionnaire containing 18 items - sociodemographic data and awareness of DIC, quality of answers to enquiries, satisfaction with provided services and lastly resolving of CAM related issues in practice. Furthermore, analysis of DIC's database in the period 1994-2017 was performed....