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Title: Pharmacist-Facilitated Interactive E-Learning for Patients Newly Initiated on Warfarin: A Randomised Controlled Study.
Austin Authors: Young, Joanne;Nalder, Michelle J;Gorelik, Alexandra;Elliott, Rohan A 
Affiliation: Pharmacy
Pharmacy Department, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville 3052, Australia
Monash-Cabrini Department of Musculoskeletal Health and Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Health and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Malvern 3144, Australia
Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville 3052, Australia
Department of Medicine (The Royal Melbourne Hospital), University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Australia
Issue Date: 23-Dec-2021
Date: 2021
Publication information: Pharmacy 2021; 10(1): 3
Abstract: It is not known whether electronic-learning (e-learning) is effective for educating hospital inpatients about complex medications such as warfarin. This prospective randomised controlled study compared pharmacist-facilitated e-learning with standard pharmacist-delivered face-to-face education on patients' or their unpaid carers' knowledge of warfarin and satisfaction with warfarin education as well as the time that was spent by pharmacists in delivering warfarin education. Adult English-speaking patients (or their carers) who had been prescribed warfarin were randomised to receive standard pharmacist face-to-face education (control) or an e-learning module on a tablet device facilitated by a pharmacist (intervention). All of the participants received written warfarin information and were presented with the opportunity to ask any questions that they may have had to a pharmacist. Fifty-four participants completed the study (27 per group). The participants who received e-learning had median correct Oral Anticoagulation Knowledge (OAK) test scores of 85% compared to 80% for standard education (p = 0.14). The participants in both groups were satisfied with the information that they received. There was a trend towards pharmacists spending less time on warfarin education for the e-learning group than in the standard education group (25.5 vs. 33 min, respectively, p = 0.05). Education delivered via pharmacist-facilitated e-learning was non-inferior in terms of patient or carer warfarin knowledge compared to standard pharmacist-delivered education.
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/28702
DOI: 10.3390/pharmacy10010003
ORCID: 0000-0002-7750-9724
Journal: Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)
PubMed URL: 35076593
PubMed URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35076593/
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: anticoagulant
clinical pharmacy
patient education
warfarin
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