Information seeking behavior and awareness among physicians regarding drug information centers in Saudi Arabia | Zendy

Dlal Almazrou | Zendy; Sheraz Ali | Zendy; Dalal A. Alabdulkarim | Zendy; Ahmed F Albalawi | Zendy; Jasser Ali S Alzhrani | Zendy

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Information seeking behavior and awareness among physicians regarding drug information centers in Saudi Arabia

Author(s) -

Dlal Almazrou,

Sheraz Ali,

Dalal A. Alabdulkarim,

Ahmed F Albalawi,

Jasser Ali S Alzhrani

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

pharmacy practice

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 1886-3655

pISSN - 1885-642X

DOI - 10.18549/pharmpract.2019.2.1498

Subject(s) - medicine , descriptive statistics , government (linguistics) , family medicine , health care , information center , ibm , medical emergency , psychology , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , mathematics education , mathematics , educational research , economics , economic growth , materials science , nanotechnology

Only 10% of the respondents were not aware of the presence of DIC at their institution. The UpToDate online drug information database was the most frequently used database by the physicians. Our findings showed that there is a need for conducting educational programs for physicians regarding DIC services. Such an attempt can increase the frequency of drug-related queries and promote patient safety.

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