Evidence-based self-medication: development and evaluation of a professional newsletter concept for community pharmacies.

ABSTRACT: 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 m

SUBMITTER: Moritz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7878231 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature