This study provided a view of the social context of medication information seeking from a patient's perspective.This was an BackgroundProviders need a complete understanding of how social relationships may influence behavior. There is a social context of health information that impacts a patient's perspective when obtaining, searching for and applying information.1,2 Social scientists in health care have often focused on how patients make medical decisions that impact behavior. There are two perspectives in this area, the first being individuals make decisions in isolation. The second is patients consult with others and this interaction ultimately influences decisions.3 This second perspective is known as a social network perspective. A social network can be defined

Objective. The objective was to utilize focus groups to gather feedback on a developed list of health informatics competencies that should be taught in PharmD curricula. Secondarily, the competencies were revised based on this feedback. Methods. The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) pharmacy informatics task forceused 11 sources to create a list of pharmacy informatics competencies. Subsequently, faculty feedback about the competency list was obtained via two synchronous online focus groups in August 2015. The competencies list was then revised based on the feedback. Results.A total of 8 people (1 department chair, 6 faculty and a graduate student) participated in the focus groups (6 from private and 2 from public institutions). Focus group participants felt the list included too many competencies to be covered in a timely manner and some indicated that basic computer and PAP Manuscript A J P E A c c e p t e d D r a f tInternet competencies should be considered pre-requisites. Participants also recommended that competencies be split by proposed curricular placement (eg, prerequisite, required, elective, didactic, experiential) for each objective. The competency list was revised in response to focus group feedback. Conclusion.Focus group participants agreed the proposed curriculum was aligned with the new Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) standards requiring that professional pharmacy curricula cover multiple aspects of health informatics. The proposed competencies list can serve as a reference to assist in the development of the curriculum and ensure compliance with the new standards.Keywords: health informatics, technology, curricular standards, focus group INTRODUCTIONThe importance of health informatics was brought to national attention with the Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) 2001 report "Crossing the Quality Chasm (IOM 2001 In 2011, Fox and colleagues published a core set of activities, knowledge and skills students should possess along with source materials and learning activities for pharmacy education. 10 These core competencies for all PharmD programs were developed using a consensus-based process and compiled in resource books. [10][11] These authors suggested that core competencies could be aligned using a framework of the medication use process, and thereby, more seamlessly integrating into pharmacy practice.In 2010 and revised in 2014, the Pharmacy e-HIT Collaborative worked to bring together pharmacy organizations and stakeholders under one strategic plan for health informatics in pharmacy. 12The Pharmacy e-HIT Collaborative was originally formed by nine national pharmacy organizations to work on ensuring integration of pharmacy's requirements and contributions into the electronic health A J P EA c c e p t e d D r a f t record (EHR). In the revised report, the Collaborative reported that there were some strategies complete, partially complete, or no longer relevant in the profession. Additionally, the Collaborative found that there are still areas that...

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