Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois.
Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2019 Oct;83(8):7083. doi: 10.5688/ajpe7083.
To analyze the publication frequency and characteristics of drug-related podcasts and describe the role of pharmacists in creating content for this audio-based educational medium. Podcasts that potentially included drug-related educational information were identified based on four podcast categories that were publicly available as of June 2016. Podcasts were screened by two reviewers to determine whether they contained at least five episodes with drug-related content and a minimum of 10 audio episodes. Metrics related to the podcast, audio episodes, and names of the content authors were collected and a descriptive analysis was conducted. Of the 960 podcasts screened, 125 met the study criteria and were included in the descriptive analysis. These drug-related podcasts produced a median of two episodes per month and each episode lasted an average of 27 minutes. The most common professions represented by podcast hosts and guests were physicians (83.2%), followed by nurses and nurse practitioners (11.2%) and pharmacists (10.4%). Podcast content varied widely, with critical care and emergency medicine being the most common (18.4%), followed by general medicine (14.4%) and complementary and alternative medicine (13.6%). Drug-related podcasts are numerous and easily accessible; however, the quality and accuracy of their content cannot be easily determined as episodes do not consistently cite references. Pharmacists appear to be underrepresented in developing this particular genre of educational content, pharmacy educators should consider producing and disseminating educational material through podcasts for students and practitioners.
分析药物相关播客的发表频率和特点，并描述药剂师在创建这种基于音频的教育媒体内容方面的作用。根据截至 2016 年 6 月公开提供的四个播客类别，确定了可能包含药物相关教育信息的播客。两名审查员对播客进行筛选，以确定它们是否包含至少五集与药物相关的内容和至少 10 集音频内容。收集了与播客、音频集和内容作者姓名相关的指标，并进行了描述性分析。在筛选的 960 个播客中，有 125 个符合研究标准，包括在描述性分析中。这些药物相关的播客每月平均制作两集，每集平均时长 27 分钟。播客主持人和嘉宾中最常见的职业是医生（83.2%），其次是护士和执业护士（11.2%）和药剂师（10.4%）。播客内容差异很大，以重症监护和急诊医学最常见（18.4%），其次是普通医学（14.4%）和补充和替代医学（13.6%）。药物相关播客数量众多，易于访问；然而，由于剧集没有一致引用参考文献，因此无法轻易确定其内容的质量和准确性。药剂师在开发这种特定类型的教育内容方面似乎代表性不足，药学教育者应考虑通过播客为学生和从业者制作和传播教育材料。
