Antibacterial Therapy Is a Main Reason for Professional Contacts to Clinical Pharmacologists in Tyumen Hospitals

Abstract

An anonymous questioning of different clinical specialists in Tyumen hospitals was performed to assess their satisfaction with professional contacts with clinical pharmacologists. Results of the questioning indicate the following: clinical pharmacology is of great demand specialty in hospitals (49% and 36% of respondents seek clinical pharmacologist’s advice weekly or more frequently and monthly, respectively); the main reason for contacts is an antibacterial therapy issues; there is a high satisfaction with professional contacts to clinical pharmacologists and their informational activities. In most hospitals, clinicians share an opinion on the quality of clinical pharmacologists’ work. At the regional cancer hospital, clinicians have a slightly different opinion on this issue.