ATTITUDES OF COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS, UNIVERSITY-BASED PHARMACISTS, ANDSTUDENTS TOWARD ONLINE INFORMATION RESOURCES

The study sought to explore the attitudes of community pharmacists, un iversity-based pharmacists, and pharmacy students before and after exp osure to computerized systems of on-line information services. A 42-it em attitudinal survey was administered to 21 community pharmacists, 7 university clinical pharmacist faculty, and 17 senior pharmacy student s, prior to and at the end of a year of access to Grateful Med(R) and BRS Colleague(R). Few significant differences were noted among the par ticipants at baseline. No significant interaction-effect differences f or type of participant or system used were found. Participants were ge nerally positive about computers in general, the accuracy of on-line i nformation services, their impact on knowledge and confidence, and the ir usefulness for pharmacists.