A distance-learning programme in pharmacovigilance linked to educational credits is associated with improved reporting of suspected adverse drug reactions via the UK yellow card scheme

Authors: Bracchi, Robert C. G.; Houghton, Jane¹; Woods, Fiona J.¹; Thomas, Simon²; Smail, Simon A.³; Routledge, Philip A.⁴

Source: British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Volume 60, Number 2, August 2005 , pp. 221-223(3)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

Abstract:

Aims

The effect of a distance-learning package linked to educational credits on the rate and quality of spontaneous adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting by general practitioners (GPs) and pharmacists in Wales was investigated. Methods

In April 2000, 477 GPs and 261 pharmacists enrolled in the 12 month programme. Results

The number and quality of yellow card reports improved compared with those of a control region in England (Northern Region). Conclusions

We conclude that an educational initiative in drug safety linked to incentives may be associated with a significant but perhaps short-lived improvement in the rate and quality of ADR reporting.

Keywords: adverse drug reactions; general practitioners; pharmacists. distance learning; spontaneous reporting; yellow card scheme

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2005.02419.x

Affiliations: 1: Committee on Safety of Medicines (Wales) 2: Wolfson Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne and 3: Postgraduate Medicine, Wales College of Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics, 4: Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology and

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