Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Institute of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Brüderstr. 32, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
Drug Safety Center, University Hospital Leipzig and Leipzig University, Brüderstr. 32, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
Int J Clin Pharm. 2021 Feb;43(1):55-65. doi: 10.1007/s11096-020-01100-6. Epub 2020 Jul 30.
Background Providing evidence-based care is recognized as a key competence for all healthcare professionals. In order to support community pharmacists in evidence-based self-medication counseling, the umbrella organization of German pharmacists initiated the development of a nationwide concept. The key element of the concept was a professional newsletter that should help pharmacists incorporate research findings into their daily counseling practice. Objective To develop, implement and evaluate the professional newsletter concept. Setting German community pharmacies. Method Clinical pharmacists from a German university compiled and synthesized clinical trial data in a professional newsletter that would supply community pharmacists with evidence-based information on common over-the-counter medicines as well as instructions for searching and appraising scientific literature. The electronic newsletter was offered to interested community pharmacists free of charge, once or twice a month, after they signed up for a subscription. About one year after the publication of the first newsletter issue, the subscribers were invited to take part in an anonymous cross-sectional online survey. In all, 21 newsletter issues were published through the end of the survey period. Main outcome measure Perceived value of the professional newsletter with 10 predefined objectives. Results A total of 1975 persons subscribed to the professional newsletter. Of those, 150 persons working in community pharmacies completed the survey. Most of them perceived the synthesized information as 'useful' (81-95%). They attributed positive changes in knowledge (89%), skills (87-91%), awareness (85%), and motivation (67-77%) to the newsletter. However, almost half of them (43%) found it difficult to incorporate reading the newsletter in their everyday working life. Free-text feedback suggested that further modifications should be considered to facilitate a better integration of the newsletter into everyday pharmacy practice. Conclusion A nationwide provided professional newsletter can play a vital part in supporting pharmacists in evidence-based self-medication counseling. However, the practicability of such a newsletter needs to be further improved and the newsletter should be accompanied by additional measures.
背景 提供基于证据的医疗服务被认为是所有医疗保健专业人员的关键能力。为了支持社区药剂师进行基于证据的自我药疗咨询，德国药剂师的伞式组织发起了制定全国性概念的工作。该概念的关键要素是一份专业通讯，该通讯应帮助药剂师将研究结果纳入其日常咨询实践中。
目的 开发、实施和评估专业通讯概念。
设置 德国社区药房。
方法 来自德国一所大学的临床药剂师在专业通讯中编译和综合临床试验数据，为社区药剂师提供有关常见非处方药的基于证据的信息，以及搜索和评估科学文献的说明。电子通讯在药剂师注册订阅后免费提供给他们，每月一次或两次。在第一期通讯发布大约一年后，邀请订阅者参加匿名横断面在线调查。在调查结束前共出版了 21 期通讯。
主要结果措施 对专业通讯的 10 个预定目标的感知价值。
结果 共有 1975 人订阅了专业通讯。其中，150 名在社区药房工作的人完成了调查。他们中的大多数人认为综合信息“有用”（81-95%）。他们将知识（89%）、技能（87-91%）、意识（85%）和动力（67-77%）的积极变化归因于通讯。然而，近一半（43%）的人发现难以将阅读通讯纳入他们的日常工作生活中。自由文本反馈表明，应考虑进一步修改，以促进更好地将通讯融入日常药房实践。
结论 全国范围内提供的专业通讯可以在支持药剂师进行基于证据的自我药疗咨询方面发挥重要作用。然而，此类通讯的实用性需要进一步提高，并且应该伴随着其他措施。
