Evidence Synthesis Methods Interest Group

  • 1.  Search strategy for research conducted by pharmacists

    Posted May 11, 2023 07:02 AM
    Colleagues,

    I am working on a search strategy for "research conducted by pharmacists", should I use pharmacy related search terms (e.g. drug overdose, antibiotics, placebos etc)?

    Please assist.

    Kind regards, 
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    Kondwani Wella
    Assistant Librarian
    Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
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    Lilongwe
    Malawi
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  • 2.  RE: Search strategy for research conducted by pharmacists

    Posted May 12, 2023 09:15 AM

    Hi Kondwani,

     

    How you approach this depends on what database you search. For example, if you search PubMed for pharmacy in the affiliation field, you will get publications from anyone belonging to a college, dept, etc. of pharmacy. This will not include corporations or other organizations that don't have pharmacy in the name. It's difficult to search by the PharmD credential only. There is a lot of articles using this search and you may want to limit to a topic or type of research study.

     

    If you wanted research about pharmacists doing research then I would try "Pharmacists"[Majr] AND research as the search. I would not try by the potential subject of pharmacy research as you proposed. There are many different types of clinicians that also research on pharmacy topics (medical doctors, nurse practitioners, etc) and as stated before, it can be difficult to limit to those having pharmacy degrees.

     

    Good luck and I'm happy to answer more questions,

     

     

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  • 3.  RE: Search strategy for research conducted by pharmacists

    Posted May 12, 2023 11:28 PM
    Thanks Tina. That is very helpful.
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    Kondwani Wella
    Assistant Librarian
    Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
    P/Bag 1
    Lilongwe
    Malawi
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