TL: I also spoke to a pharmacist I work with, who is in her first year of practice. I asked her about her favorite drug information resources. She really likes Lexicomp because it is quick and easy for her to navigate through to get to information she is seeking. She really likes the pill indentification feature and has needed to refer to it a few times since she began working. I asked if she had used clinical pharmacology much and she was not familiar with that resource. She said that she tends not to use print drug information resources because the electronic information is updated more frequently.
I also talked with her about PDAs. She does not use one at work since she has easy access to a computer. She did use her PDA frequently while on rotations and found the free epocrates software sufficient for what she needed.
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PH: When I spoke to one of the younger pharmacists (although he has still been there several years) at the drug information service that I work at part time, I was somewhat surprised to find out that he has little or no experience with PDAs. I asked him about what electronic resources he favored and he told me that he favors IDIS, but admitted that he is somewhat biased. He did not really have too much to say about other sources except that he uses other sources such as PubMed and IPA to find information from the literature. I may post a blog later on about some of the feedback I got from both of the pharmacists that I interviewed about what they foresee as future problems in the world of electronic drug information, or things that they would like to see develop.
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