Primary care physicians are in an excellent position to address smoking during routine consultati... more Primary care physicians are in an excellent position to address smoking during routine consultations. To this end, physicians have assessment tools and brief interventions appropriate for the duration of consultations. However, these tools are difficult to use consistently in practice. Mobile applications (apps) aimed at stopping smoking could help solve this problem, provided they meet certain quality criteria. This article provides criteria for evaluating these apps to facilitate their identification and use by clinicians. Five French-speaking apps are described. If integrated into routine Primary Care, these apps could facilitate smoking cessation.
Anne-Laure Pittet, Anne-Françoise Chevalley
Sich zur Verschreibungspraxis informieren: einige w... more Anne-Laure Pittet, Anne-Françoise Chevalley
Sich zur Verschreibungspraxis informieren: einige wichtige Fragen
Das Verschreiben von Medikamenten beginnt bei Medizinstudenten am Ende ihrer Studienzeit und setzt sich über die gesamte Ärztelaufbahn fort. Um eine gute Verschreibungspraxis muss sich der Arzt ständig bemühen und dabei aktuelle Informationen über die Medikamente einholen und berücksichtigen. Diese Informationen stammen aus unterschiedlichen Quellen mit wechselnder Glaubwürdigkeit und Objektivität, was sehr zeitraubend sein kann.
Anne-Laure Pittet, Anne-Françoise Chevalley
S’informer pour prescrire: quelques questions à se ... more Anne-Laure Pittet, Anne-Françoise Chevalley
S’informer pour prescrire: quelques questions à se poser
La prescription médicamenteuse débute en fin de cursus chez les étudiants en médecine et se poursuit tout au long de la carrière du médecin. Bien prescrire est un souci constant pour le médecin qui doit obtenir et intégrer des renseignements actualisés sur les médicaments. Ces informations émanent de différentes sources de crédibilité et d’objectivité variables et parfois chronophages.
PRINCIPLES: The literature has described opinion leaders not only as marketing tools of the pharm... more PRINCIPLES: The literature has described opinion leaders not only as marketing tools of the pharmaceutical industry, but also as educators promoting good clinical practice. This qualitative study addresses the distinction between the opinion-leader-as-marketing-tool and the opinion-leader-as-educator, as it is revealed in the discourses of physicians and experts, focusing on the prescription of antidepress-ants. We explore the relational dynamic between physicians , opinion leaders and the pharmaceutical industry in an area of French-speaking Switzerland. METHODS: Qualitative content analysis of 24 semistruc-tured interviews with physicians and local experts in psy-chopharmacology, complemented by direct observation of educational events led by the experts, which were all sponsored by various pharmaceutical companies. RESULTS: Both physicians and experts were critical of the pharmaceutical industry and its use of opinion leaders. Local experts, in contrast, were perceived by the physicians as critical of the industry and, therefore, as a legitimate source of information. Local experts did not consider themselves opinion leaders and argued that they remained intellectually independent from the industry. Field observations confirmed that local experts criticised the industry at continuing medical education events. CONCLUSIONS: Local experts were vocal critics of the industry, which nevertheless sponsor their continuing education. This critical attitude enhanced their credibility in the eyes of the prescribing physicians. We discuss how the experts, despite their critical attitude, might still be beneficial to the industry's interests.
Primary care physicians are in an excellent position to address smoking during routine consultati... more Primary care physicians are in an excellent position to address smoking during routine consultations. To this end, physicians have assessment tools and brief interventions appropriate for the duration of consultations. However, these tools are difficult to use consistently in practice. Mobile applications (apps) aimed at stopping smoking could help solve this problem, provided they meet certain quality criteria. This article provides criteria for evaluating these apps to facilitate their identification and use by clinicians. Five French-speaking apps are described. If integrated into routine Primary Care, these apps could facilitate smoking cessation.
Anne-Laure Pittet, Anne-Françoise Chevalley
Sich zur Verschreibungspraxis informieren: einige w... more Anne-Laure Pittet, Anne-Françoise Chevalley
Sich zur Verschreibungspraxis informieren: einige wichtige Fragen
Das Verschreiben von Medikamenten beginnt bei Medizinstudenten am Ende ihrer Studienzeit und setzt sich über die gesamte Ärztelaufbahn fort. Um eine gute Verschreibungspraxis muss sich der Arzt ständig bemühen und dabei aktuelle Informationen über die Medikamente einholen und berücksichtigen. Diese Informationen stammen aus unterschiedlichen Quellen mit wechselnder Glaubwürdigkeit und Objektivität, was sehr zeitraubend sein kann.
Anne-Laure Pittet, Anne-Françoise Chevalley
S’informer pour prescrire: quelques questions à se ... more Anne-Laure Pittet, Anne-Françoise Chevalley
S’informer pour prescrire: quelques questions à se poser
La prescription médicamenteuse débute en fin de cursus chez les étudiants en médecine et se poursuit tout au long de la carrière du médecin. Bien prescrire est un souci constant pour le médecin qui doit obtenir et intégrer des renseignements actualisés sur les médicaments. Ces informations émanent de différentes sources de crédibilité et d’objectivité variables et parfois chronophages.
PRINCIPLES: The literature has described opinion leaders not only as marketing tools of the pharm... more PRINCIPLES: The literature has described opinion leaders not only as marketing tools of the pharmaceutical industry, but also as educators promoting good clinical practice. This qualitative study addresses the distinction between the opinion-leader-as-marketing-tool and the opinion-leader-as-educator, as it is revealed in the discourses of physicians and experts, focusing on the prescription of antidepress-ants. We explore the relational dynamic between physicians , opinion leaders and the pharmaceutical industry in an area of French-speaking Switzerland. METHODS: Qualitative content analysis of 24 semistruc-tured interviews with physicians and local experts in psy-chopharmacology, complemented by direct observation of educational events led by the experts, which were all sponsored by various pharmaceutical companies. RESULTS: Both physicians and experts were critical of the pharmaceutical industry and its use of opinion leaders. Local experts, in contrast, were perceived by the physicians as critical of the industry and, therefore, as a legitimate source of information. Local experts did not consider themselves opinion leaders and argued that they remained intellectually independent from the industry. Field observations confirmed that local experts criticised the industry at continuing medical education events. CONCLUSIONS: Local experts were vocal critics of the industry, which nevertheless sponsor their continuing education. This critical attitude enhanced their credibility in the eyes of the prescribing physicians. We discuss how the experts, despite their critical attitude, might still be beneficial to the industry's interests.
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Sich zur Verschreibungspraxis informieren: einige wichtige Fragen
Das Verschreiben von Medikamenten beginnt bei Medizinstudenten am Ende ihrer Studienzeit und setzt sich über die gesamte Ärztelaufbahn fort. Um eine gute Verschreibungspraxis muss sich der Arzt ständig bemühen und dabei aktuelle Informationen über die Medikamente einholen und berücksichtigen. Diese Informationen stammen aus unterschiedlichen Quellen mit wechselnder Glaubwürdigkeit und Objektivität, was sehr zeitraubend sein kann.
S’informer pour prescrire: quelques questions à se poser
La prescription médicamenteuse débute en fin de cursus chez les étudiants en médecine et se poursuit tout au long de la carrière du médecin. Bien prescrire est un souci constant pour le médecin qui doit obtenir et intégrer des renseignements actualisés sur les médicaments. Ces informations émanent de différentes sources de crédibilité et d’objectivité variables et parfois chronophages.
Sich zur Verschreibungspraxis informieren: einige wichtige Fragen
Das Verschreiben von Medikamenten beginnt bei Medizinstudenten am Ende ihrer Studienzeit und setzt sich über die gesamte Ärztelaufbahn fort. Um eine gute Verschreibungspraxis muss sich der Arzt ständig bemühen und dabei aktuelle Informationen über die Medikamente einholen und berücksichtigen. Diese Informationen stammen aus unterschiedlichen Quellen mit wechselnder Glaubwürdigkeit und Objektivität, was sehr zeitraubend sein kann.
S’informer pour prescrire: quelques questions à se poser
La prescription médicamenteuse débute en fin de cursus chez les étudiants en médecine et se poursuit tout au long de la carrière du médecin. Bien prescrire est un souci constant pour le médecin qui doit obtenir et intégrer des renseignements actualisés sur les médicaments. Ces informations émanent de différentes sources de crédibilité et d’objectivité variables et parfois chronophages.