Allen, Maggie

Gentry, Anne F.

Klyczek, Kate

English

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Pharmacy and Wellness Review Volume 1 Issue 1 Article 1 May 2010 Introduction & Medical Communications and Writing Maggie Allen Ohio Northern University Kate Klyczek Ohio Northern University Anne F. Gentry Ohio Northern University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.onu.edu/paw_review  Part of the Other Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Commons This Editorial is brought to you for free and open access by the ONU Journals and Publications at DigitalCommons@ONU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Pharmacy and Wellness Review by an authorized editor of DigitalCommons@ONU. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@onu.edu. In I.Ills f11St ed tJon or The PhafTPacy and Wellooss Remw we WJSh to introduce ID you an 1nnovam and educatt0nat pumat starma t:Jf tr.e students of Ohio Northern University's Raabe Co'lege o: Pharmacy Our \l!SIOn IS •·to provide a professt0nal and edocational puma I focusing on emerg ng pharmacy and wellness topics 'or both currant and furure heatlh care proresst0nals while further developing our own research technrques, professional wntmg abd111es and leadership skills " As a student-run group, rourth· and fifll1 yea1 pharmacy maprs have come together to disseminate mfo1mat1on on current issues racing healtll care protesst0nals. With the guidance or faculty members, srnal groups of students resMrch and evaluate medical 1.terature and ini-re wn:ien documents These artJCles are peer·rev19wed t:Jf an execuL'Ve 3tudent editorial board We stnve to rormu;ate a cohesive. raievanr purnal for our future colleagues. W1ihout a pmVJOus example ID bol< to. we ventured mto thlS unprecedented purney wr.h hign expectations. For guidance. we looked TO Harold R McAI ndon s quote 'Do not follow where !he path may lead Go instead whe·e there is no path and leave a tra~.· As them !la! ed tona board or The Pharmacy and Wellness ReVteW, we hOpe TO have begun a respectable and lasting resource "fur bolfl sOJdems ano nea1:n care proresst0na1S We wouto h0<e to dedicate tt11s inaugural issue of The Pharmacy and 'llenooss Re'll8W to our esieemed dean or the College of Pharmacy, Dr Jon E Sprague, who shows both support and confld9nce m hlS studentS thro-.gt his continua! guidance With thlS, we have grown not only 1n our knowledge of pharmacy, but also as 1nd1V1d ua ls We hope you enpyt Maggie Allen F1fth·year pharmacy ma pr from 0'9an, N.Y. Ed1tor·1n-<:h10! Kaie Klyczek F ,.. year pharmacy ma p r lrom Flossmoor, Ill COmeni editor Medical Communications and Writing: Important Skills for the Pharmacist Med1e1ne is a dynamic fteld Every year, new drugs and treatments are added to the health care practJtt0ner's armamentanum Many years of research and testing rnvolv1ng numerous scientis:s and hearth care professt0nals, are needed to :aunch a successfu arug Each step of the way requires concise and accuratBly wnnen communicalJOn. Scientific wnttng is a vital comixment of med1cal communications and essential to the maintenance and improvement or our overall medical system The med 1ca t industry needs skilled writers. A profess10naf medical wnter must possess many traits m add1b0n to wnnng skills and fem1lra r1ty with medical p urnals He or she must possess scrent1f1c expertise in pharmacology. pharmacolonellCS pllarmaco1hera peu11cs and drug safety Also the successful med1cal writer must display proficiency m 1rerature retneval skills and knowledge of the drug-development process. M of these areas are core componentS of the training of a pllarmactSt The medical industry needs ethicalwnters. PharmaceUtl::al manufacturers perform and sponsor significant amounts of medical research and analys1S, espec1alty clinical tnals. They also fund many arncles that contnbute substa~lty to the medical 1terature, such as meta-analyses, disease and trea1menr reviews epldemiology reports, and health economcs research Often, medical wnters are hired by the drug man;facturer to wnte these amcles Al times the hne between obpcll'19, resix>nsrble wrrnng and stUdy bias may become blurred Because or their sworn Code of EthtCS and commttment to paoent care. pharmacis1S can navigate 1hrough any potenllal bias and determine appropna.teness Pharmac1Sts, functJoning as medical wnters, are uniquely qualrfted to ensure that clinical trials, continuing educatlOn programs and other enduring medical communicabons are published in a responsible and ethical manne1. In this inaugural edition of The Pharmacy and Wellness Review, under the d1rec1t0n of Ed1tor·1n-Ch10f Maggie Allen. a fifth-year pharmacy ma pr trom Olean, N Y a select group of OhlO Northern Universuy PharmD students display thetr research skills and professional wrmng ablhlles Anne F Gentry. PharmD AsSIStant director or Drug lnformauon Certer Advisor The Pharmacy and Wellness Rerl8w 

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