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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Impact of a Digital Tool on Pharmacy Students' Ability to Perform Medication Reviews: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Armin Dabidian, Emina Obarcanin, Bushra Ali Sherazi, Sabina Schlottau, Holger Schwender, Stephanie Laeer

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Digital learning methods in pharmacy].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Armin DabidianInstitute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.
Emina ObarcaninInstitute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.
Bushra Ali SheraziInstitute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5367-6803
Sabina SchlottauInstitute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0009-0002-5374-3134
Holger SchwenderMathematical Institute, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.
Stephanie LaeerInstitute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy, Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5597-6973
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf · DELahore College for Women University · PKNational University of Singapore · SG

Funding

pharma4u GmbH no Grant NumberRottendorf Stiftung A020412003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital Medication Review Tools (DMRTs) are increasingly important in pharmacy practice. To ensure that young pharmacists are sufficiently competent to perform medication reviews after graduation, the introduction of DMRTs teaching in academic education is necessary. The aim of our study was to demonstrate the effect of DMRTs use on pharmacy students' performance when conducting a medication review (MR) in a randomized controlled pre-post design. Forty-one pharmacy students were asked to complete a MR within 60 min, followed by a 10-min consultation with (intervention group) and without a DMRT (control group). The MR performance was subdivided into four categories: communication skills, subjective and objective patient data, assessment, and plan. Performance was assessed using objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs) and analytical checklists. With the use of DMRTs, the overall performance was improved by 17.0% compared to the control group (

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digital healthdigital tooleHealthmedication reviewmedication safetypharmaceutical servicespharmacy education

Identifiers

PMID37444802
PMCPMC10341599
OpenAlexW4383722374

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