Abstract
The study sought to explore the attitudes of community pharmacists, university-based
pharmacists, and pharmacy students before and after exposure to computerized systems
of on-line information services. A 42-item attitudinal survey was administered to
21 community pharmacists, 7 university clinical pharmacist faculty, and 17 senior
pharmacy students, prior to and at the end of a year of access to Grateful Med® and
BRS Colleague®. Few significant differences were noted among the participants at baseline.
No significant interaction-effect differences for type of participant or system used
were found. Participants were generally positive about computers in general, the accuracy
of on-line information services, their impact on knowledge and confidence, and their
usefulness for pharmacists.
Keywords
Pharmacists - Attitudes - Computers - Drug Information
