Arbesú MMA, Sedeño AC, Fernández ARA

Language: Spanish
References: 9
Page: 70-80
PDF size: 109.69 Kb.

ABSTRACT

Introduction: oncological patients are cared for at all health care system levels. The pharmaceutical professional requires unifying instructions for his/her work in order to be part of the health team. Currently, there is no domestic literature for the pharmaceutical services, mainly that one devoted to oncological area, which comprises in just one text all the functional requirements and directs his/her professional daily work.
Objective: to verify the requirement for national integral literature for the development of the oncological pharmaceutical service work.
Methods: one two-question questionnaire was designed to assess the knowledge of experts and another with eight questions to learn about the requirement for literature on oncological pharmaceutical service adapted to the conditions of the Cuban health system. The questionnaires were e-mailed to 15 pharmacists who had an outstanding experience in several activities of the oncological pharmacy.
Results: ten university experts, with 14.5 years of work experience as average in assistance activities from three provinces, responded. Two were excluded because their low level of information on oncological activity; poor incorporation of the pharmacist involved in services to activities inherent to his/her formation. All the experts believed that it was necessary to have a comprehensive text on the tasks, functions and activities linked to the oncological patient care, and to use the formal learning pathways for updating. A positive association with the favorable answers (1.40) was noticed.
Conclusions: there exists a need for a text as a guide of the oncological pharmaceutical services according to the demands of the Cuban health care system.

REFERENCES

1. OPS. Guía de los Servicios Farmacéuticos en Atención Primaria de Salud. Washington (DC): OPS; 2011. [citado 20 de diciembre de 2013]. Disponible en: http://publicaciones.ops.org.ar/publicaciones/piezas%20comunicacionales/cdTaller ServiciosFarmaceuticos/publicaciones/Guia_%20SF APS_ 4a_version_ %2006%2003% 2011.pdf .

2. Romero Pérez T, Abreu Ruíz G, Bermejo Bencomo W, Monzón Fernández AN. Programa Integral para el Control del Cáncer en Cuba: Estrategia Nacional para el Control del Cáncer. Sección Independiente de Control del Cáncer, MINSAP. La Habana: Editorial Ciencias Médicas; 2012.

3. Infomed. Portal de la Salud en Cuba Medicamentos. [citado 20 de febrero de 2013]. Disponible en: http://www.sld.cu/servicios/medicamentos/temas.phd?idv=2979.

4. Infomed. Libros de autores cubanos. [citado 20 de diciembre de 2013]. Disponible en: http://bvscuba.sld.cu/libros-de-autores-cubanos/listado- de- títulosen- orden-alfabetico/ .

5. Elservier. Search Results for “pharmacy ". [citado 30 de enero de 2014]. Disponible en: http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/us/searchResults.jsp?queryTerm=pharmacy%20 &_requestid=1029769 .

6. Zumbado H. Modelo didáctico de un libro de texto en formato electrónico para la asignatura Análisis Químico de los Alimentos I en la carrera de Ciencias Alimentarias. [Tesis presentada en opción al grado de Doctor en Ciencias Pedagógicas]. La Habana. ISP José Antonio Echeverría, 2004.

7. Cuba M. Instrumentos para evaluar la calidad en los Servicios Farmacéuticos Hospitalarios cubanos. [Tesis presentada en opción al grado de Doctor en Ciencias Farmacéuticas]. La Habana. IFAL, UH, 2013.

8. ¿Cómo diseñar un cuestionario? Cuidad de Panamá Flapy -Universidad Latina de Panamá. [citado 20 de diciembre de 2013]. Disponible en: http://www.rrppnet.com.ar/cuestionario.htm.

9. L.E. Víctor Larios Osorio. ¿Cómo hacer una encuesta? Hipertexto. Ciudad de México: del Dpto. de Matemáticas de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la U.A.Q. [citado 20 de diciembre de 2013]. Disponible en: http://www.rrppnet.com.ar/comohacerunaencuesta.htm.