Survey of faculty workload and operational characteristics for academic drug information centers

Development of a Drug Information Service Collaborative in Academia

“…Although all academic DICs strive to be available at all times, most academic DICs have one DI pharmacist, often a faculty member, who is responsible for providing the service, maintaining the center, and teaching and precepting students on top of research and scholarship. 14 Because of limited manpower, centers may choose to not accept inquiries on certain days or may be unable to provide timely service, especially when there are multiple complex questions. 14 With the network of DICs, individual centers can choose to identify themselves as available on the DI portal available through InpharmD, which allows the algorithm to assign inquiries as they are received.…”

“…14 Because of limited manpower, centers may choose to not accept inquiries on certain days or may be unable to provide timely service, especially when there are multiple complex questions. 14 With the network of DICs, individual centers can choose to identify themselves as available on the DI portal available through InpharmD, which allows the algorithm to assign inquiries as they are received. If no center is available, the algorithm is set to assign all inquiries to a designated DIC.…”

Gaps and Opportunities for Faculty Workload Policies in Pharmacy and Health Professions Education

“…One of the most debated yet underdeveloped areas of pharmacy programs is defining and measuring faculty workload. [1][2][3][4][5] Issues related to faculty workload span across all levels of education and types of degree programs, and evidence-based strategies for measuring faculty workload have been discussed in higher education. [6][7][8][9] In health professions education, faculty workload is difficult to quantify because faculty responsibilities and activities vary widely.…”

“…[6][7][8][9] In health professions education, faculty workload is difficult to quantify because faculty responsibilities and activities vary widely. There have been several attempts in the health professions literature, mostly from nursing [10][11][12][13][14] and medicine, 15,16 and few in pharmacy, 1,2,4 to define and measure faculty workload. Because of its varied programs and continued faculty shortages, nursing literature has a persistent and concerted discussion about quantifying and evaluating faculty workload using a standardized and meaningful metric.…”

The perceived development needs for medicines information services in university hospital pharmacies: A mixed methods study

“…The first MIC was opened at the University of Kentucky in the United States (US) and, since the 1960s, MISs have been offered in MICs, typically located in hospitals, clinics or colleges or schools of pharmacy. 13 , 14 Since the 1990s, the number of MICs in the US has been decreasing and the services provided have changed: some MICs have expanded their services to provide e.g. support to the pharmacy and therapeutics committee or MI and literature evaluation courses.…”