Decoding the Roadmap for Capacity Building of PharmacologyAcademicians in Catering to Drug Information Center Services in a DevelopingCountry

摘要

Very few medical institutions are currently providingdrug information center (DIC) services in low-resource countries. To assess whether academician pharmacologists ofIndia are prepared to deliver countrywide services with regard to DICs. A cross-sectional knowledge attitude and practicestudy was planned in the form of an online survey. A hyperlink to thequestionnaire was sent to academician pharmacologists via email, Facebook, andWhatsApp. Determinants associated with pharmacologists’ capacity and willingnessin uplifting the DIC services were determined using logistic regression. One hundred and thirteen academician pharmacologistsresponded. Participants who were working in limited functional DIC had 0.30 (95%confidence interval [CI] = 0.09-0.98) times association with answering thatreferring to promotional drug literature is an inappropriate practice for DICservices to that of nonfunctional DIC participants. However, the same had 5.28(95% CI = 1.74-16.00) times association with referring to literature forestablishing and running the services more as compared with participants withnonfunctional DIC. Participants from fully functional DICs in their departmentshad 6.31 (95% CI = 1.92-20.70) times association with identifying that adverseevent reporting is not the function of DIC as compared with participants from anon-functional DIC. Participants with more academic experience had 6.7 (95% CI =1.36 to 32.93) times association with an identification of challenges ascompared with that of less experience participants. Academician pharmacologists need to be trained in critical appraisal ofpublished literature and guided on how to establish and maintain the servicesfor hospital clinicians. Senior pharmacology academicians’ advice will becrucial in strengthening the roadmap for capacity building.