Hot on the Net: pharmaceutical policy/PDAs

Pharmacy Practice Research Symposium Abstracts
2004 AFPC Conference | Social and Administrative Research | Soc Admin No. 1

  <p><strong>Purpose:</strong> Our goal was to make information on pharmaceutical policy, as well as personal digital assistants (PDAs), more accessible to those who need it. The objectives of this project were to: 1) identify journals and institutions publishing a significant number of articles on pharmaceutical policy as well as relevant websites; 2) identify PDA software websites with programs relevant to pharmacy practice; 3) create two new categories for Drug Information Resources: A Guide for Pharmacists (DIR) and; 4) present a talk to Dalhousie IMPART Drug Use Management and Policy Residents on the topic of pharmaceutical policy on the Internet. <br />
    <strong>Methods:</strong> To identify “hot journals” and “hot institutions”, six pharmaceutical policy areas were chosen and ideal names of pharmaceutical policy departments were devised. PubMed was searched using these names, limiting citations to English-language and those published in the past five years. Both journals and departments having less than 10 occurrences were rejected. Pharmaceutical policy websites were identified using Google<sup>®</sup> and by scanning relevant print publications. Articles on PDA drug- and pharmacy-related applications were reviewed to identify software programs, commercial and educational mega-websites and useful “how to do it” references. <br />
    <strong>Results:</strong> Thirteen “hot journals” and fourteen “hot institutions” in the area of pharmaceutical policy were identified. The new DIR pharmaceutical policy and PDA categories were uploaded to the Internet in June and September 2003, respectively. The new DIR pharmaceutical policy category was presented to the IMPART Residents on June 24, 2003. <br />
    <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Pharmaceutical policy websites and journals and institutions publishing in this area were identified. PDA websites and useful journal articles relevant to pharmacy practice also were identified. As a result, two new categories were added to DIR. AFPC Conference 2004 51 AFPC Poster Session</p>

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