Pfizer Inc., 500 Arcola Road, Collegeville, PA, 19426, USA.
Pharma Collaboration for Transparent Medical Information™, West Point, PA, USA.
Ther Innov Regul Sci. 2022 May;56(3):405-414. doi: 10.1007/s43441-021-00366-w. Epub 2022 Mar 3.
Medical information (MI) professionals are primarily responsible for researching and responding to unsolicited requests for information on their company's product(s). In an effort to set a standard for quality, the Pharma Collaboration for Transparent Medical Information (phactMI) created a code of practice for the provision of medical information to healthcare professionals. This code introduced the term "MI science skills" to describe the expertise required to perform the duties of an MI professional. These skills can be summarized by the acronym DRESS. In order to effectively and efficiently respond to an unsolicited request for information, the MI professional essentially follows five steps: define the question, research the topic, evaluate the evidence, synthesize a response, and share the answer. As this approach mirrors the scientific process for data generation, MI scientist may be a more apt description for this role. This paper explains the rationale behind the term MI scientist and the skills associated with each component of the DRESS approach.
医学信息（MI）专业人员主要负责研究和回应关于其公司产品的未经请求的信息请求。为了制定质量标准，医药合作透明医学信息（phactMI）为向医疗保健专业人员提供医学信息制定了行为准则。该准则引入了“MI 科学技能”一词来描述执行 MI 专业人员职责所需的专业知识。这些技能可以用缩写 DRESS 来概括。为了有效地、高效地回应未经请求的信息请求，MI 专业人员基本上需要遵循五个步骤：定义问题、研究主题、评估证据、综合回应并分享答案。由于这种方法反映了数据生成的科学过程，因此 MI 科学家可能是对该角色更贴切的描述。本文解释了 MI 科学家一词背后的基本原理以及与 DRESS 方法各个组件相关的技能。
