Littérature et données scientifiques relatives aux rôles du pharmacien et aux retombées de ses activités : comparaison France/Québec de la lecture, de la perception et de l'utilisation par de futurs pharmaciens hospitaliers.

Context: The practice of pharmacy and the role of the pharmacists are evolving both in France and in Quebec. Educational strategies in pharmacy need to be adapted to better prepare the future pharmacists. Objectives: The main objective was to assess and compare how French interns and Quebec residents read, perceive and use scientific data on the roles of pharmacists and how it impacts their activities. The secondary objective was to measure their assessment of the Impact Pharmacie website. Material and methods: A 32- question survey was developed for the cross-sectional descriptive study. The sampling included Ile-de-France interns and Quebec residents. Results: A total of 46 interns (19.5%) and 34 residents (51.5%) responded. A statistically significant difference was demonstrated regarding 7/16 items that assessed the reading of scientific data and 3/12 items that assessed the perception of usefulness and practicality. Interns and residents thought that they would benefit from reading additional related articles. They sensed the data had potential and was underused. Some 25% of interns versus 71.0% of residents were familiar with the Impact Pharmacie website prior to the survey. Conclusion: This study confirms that future pharmacists demonstrate that the data on the role of pharmacists and the impact of their activities are not really looked at despite an overall positive perception. Pharmacists agreed that practical data was important and that a systematic integration of data in the pharmacy curriculum would be valuable. The Impact Pharmacie website is an example of an educational tool that can potentially improve the reading rate of scientific literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]