Jason Wentzell1, Tiffany Nguyen1, Stephanie Bui2, Erika MacDonald3. 1. , BScPharm, ACPR, BCOP, is a Pharmacist with The Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, Ottawa, Ontario. 2. , BSc, PharmD, was, at the time of this study, a PharmD student in the School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Kitchener, Ontario. 3. , BScPharm, ACPR, MSc, is a Pharmacist with The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, Ottawa, Ontario.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Health Canada relies on health professionals to voluntarily report adverse reactions to the Canada Vigilance Program. Current rates of reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are inadequate to detect important safety issues. OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of pharmacy student facilitation of ADR reporting by pharmacists at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Canada. METHODS: The intervention of interest, implemented at one campus of the hospital, was facilitation of ADR reporting by pharmacy students. The students received training on how to submit ADR reports and presented information sessions on the topic to hospital pharmacists; the pharmacists were then encouraged to report ADRs to a designated student for formal reporting. Frequency of reporting by pharmacists at the intervention campus was compared with reporting at a control campus of the same hospital. Data were collected prospectively over a 6-month pilot period, starting in April 2015. RESULTS: During the pilot period, 27 ADR reports were submitted at the intervention campus, and 3 reports at the control campus. All student participants strongly agreed that they would recommend that responsibility for submitting ADR reports to the Canada Vigilance Program remain with pharmacy students during future rotations. CONCLUSIONS: Availability of a pharmacy student to facilitate reporting of ADRs may increase the frequency of ADR reporting and could alleviate pharmacist workload; this activity is also a potentially valuable learning experience for students.
BACKGROUND: Health Canada relies on health professionals to voluntarily report adverse reactions to the Canada Vigilance Program. Current rates of reporting adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are inadequate to detect important safety issues. OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of pharmacy student facilitation of ADR reporting by pharmacists at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Canada. METHODS: The intervention of interest, implemented at one campus of the hospital, was facilitation of ADR reporting by pharmacy students. The students received training on how to submit ADR reports and presented information sessions on the topic to hospital pharmacists; the pharmacists were then encouraged to report ADRs to a designated student for formal reporting. Frequency of reporting by pharmacists at the intervention campus was compared with reporting at a control campus of the same hospital. Data were collected prospectively over a 6-month pilot period, starting in April 2015. RESULTS: During the pilot period, 27 ADR reports were submitted at the intervention campus, and 3 reports at the control campus. All student participants strongly agreed that they would recommend that responsibility for submitting ADR reports to the Canada Vigilance Program remain with pharmacy students during future rotations. CONCLUSIONS: Availability of a pharmacy student to facilitate reporting of ADRs may increase the frequency of ADR reporting and could alleviate pharmacist workload; this activity is also a potentially valuable learning experience for students.
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adverse drug reaction; adverse drug reaction reporting; déclaration des réactions indésirables aux médicaments; hospital pharmacist; pharmacien d’hôpital; pharmacy student; réaction indésirable aux médicaments; étudiant en pharmacie
Authors: David J Graham; David Campen; Rita Hui; Michele Spence; Craig Cheetham; Gerald Levy; Stanford Shoor; Wayne A Ray Journal: Lancet Date: 2005 Feb 5-11 Impact factor: 79.321