Role of bulletin in subject information service / 中华医学图书情报杂志

The role of bulletin in subject information service was analyzed, followed by a description of the con-tents, columns, topic selection standards and principles in Bulletin of Global Pharmaceutical Innovation, and a summary of the experiences in subject service through the bulletin.

Subject service by revealing Nature/Science contents / 中华医学图书情报杂志

After a description of subject service by revealing Nature/Science contents and pushing Information Bulletin of Nature/Science-special issue of medical and life sciences in Library of Nantong University, its utilization was inves-tigated with questionnaire, and some novel ideas were put forward for deepening subject service in libraries.

Estratégias homeopáticas: a Liga Homeopática do Rio Grande do Sul nos anos 1940-1950 / Homeopathic strategies: the Homeopathic League of Rio Grande do Sul in the 1940s and 1950s

Após 1930, vários espaços foram usados pelos homeopatas para divulgação de sua proposta, apesar de o período ser considerado de declínio de sua inserção acadêmica. É o caso das atividades desenvolvidas pela Liga Homeopática do Rio Grande do Sul, fundada em 1941, que publicou uma revista até os anos 1970, fundou três dispensários para atendimento gratuito da população em Porto Alegre e manteve atuante um grupo de homeopatas, inserido na discussão política que procurava difundir e ampliar a prática homeopática. A análise do Boletim de Homeopatia, editado pela Liga, permite considerar as estratégias de inserção dos homeopatas na capital do Rio Grande do Sul.

Although the period following 1930 has been considered an era in which homeopathy lost ground within academia, homeopaths nevertheless were advocating for their proposals in a variety of spaces. One such instance was represented by the Homeopathic League of Rio Grande do Sul, founded in 1941, which published a journal until the 1970s, set up three free dispensaries to serve the population in Porto Alegre, and played an active role in political discussions through a group of homeopaths who endeavored to disseminate and expand homeopathic practice. An analysis of the League's Boletim de Homeopatia provides insight into homeopaths' strategies for expanding their role in Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul.

Criterios de los profesionales de la atención primaria acerca del Boletín de Información Terapéutica / Criteria by primary health care professionals on the Therapeutic Information Bulletin

OBJETIVO: caracterizar la aceptabilidad de los profesionales de la atención primaria del Boletín de Información Terapéutica para la Atención Primaria de Salud, publicado por el Centro para el Desarrollo de la Farmacoepidemiología. MÉTODOS: se incluyeron 9 provincias, de las cuales se seleccionaron el 25 por ciento de las áreas de salud, mediante un muestreo aleatorio simple. La muestra estuvo constituida por 605 prescriptores. El cuestionario fue elaborado por especialistas del Centro para el Desarrollo de la Farmacoepidemiología e incluía preguntas relacionadas con: frecuencia de recepción, tamaño, extensión, tipo de letra, selección del tema, facilidad de la lectura y utilidad del boletín, y fue aplicado por los farmacoepidemiólogos de cada municipio. RESULTADOS: Más del 80 por ciento de los encuestados manifestó haber recibido el boletín alguna vez; de ellos, la mayoría señaló que la frecuencia con que lo recibían era anual (31,9 por ciento), mientras que semestral solo lo recibían el 15,9 por ciento. En relación con la tipografía, más del 90 por ciento la encontró entre adecuada y muy adecuada, y un 7,3 por ciento la clasificó como no adecuada. De los encuestados, el 96 por ciento consideró que los tópicos tratados eran muy interesantes o interesantes en general y solo 15 (2,5 por ciento) lo clasificó como poco interesantes. CONCLUSIONES: Los resultados obtenidos avalan la aceptación por los prescriptores del primer nivel de atención de salud del Boletín de Información Terapéutica, editado por el Centro para el Desarrollo de la Farmacoepidemiología en lo referente a su diseño y contenido, el cual resulta de gran utilidad a sus usuarios fundamentalmente para la formación, consulta y actualización terapéutica

OBJECTIVE: To characterize the acceptability of the therapeutic information bulletin for primary health care, published by the Center of Development of Pharmaceutical Epidemiology, by the health primary care physicians. METHODS: Nine provinces were included, from which 25 percent of their health care areas were selected on the basis of a simple randomized sampling. The sample was made up of 605 prescriptors. Some specialists in the Center drafted the questionnaire that covered questions on the reception frequency, size, extension, typography, selection of topics, easy reading and usefulness of the bulletin. It was administered by the pharmaceutical epidemiologists in every municipality. RESULTS: Over 80 percent of the surveyed professionals said they had received the bulletin once; most of them (31.9 percent) stated that the frequency was yearly whereas 15,9 percent had received it every six months. As to typography, more than 90 percent of the sample found it right or extremely right but 7.3 percent classified it as inadequate. Of the surveyed people, 96 percent believed that the addressed topics were generally interesting or very interesting and just 15 (2.5 percent) found them uninteresting. CONCLUSIONS: These results endorsed the acceptability of the Therapeutic Information Bulletin by the primary care professionals in terms of design and contents. This bulletin is very useful mainly for the formation, consultation and updating in therapeutics

Development of Internet Based Neuroanatomy Education Website (http://anatomy.yonsei.ac.kr/neuro-web/home.htm) / 대한해부학회지

The Internet is becoming an important way of delivering medical and other educational information. We have estabilished neuroanatomy education website in Korean (http://anatomy.yonsei.ac.kr/neuro-web/home.htm) based on textbook of medical neuroanatomy written by the authors. For searching database indexed text and figures, Microsoft SQL (Structure Query Language) server version 7.0 on the Microsoft Windows NT platform was used. HTML (hypertext markup language) template files were designed to show the results of database queries. The bulletin board was added to answer the questions. Log file analysis of the website server revealed average 112.3 visitors per day viewing average 26.1 pages in the period of four weeks from September 1st to 28th, 2001. Much appreciation was expressed in bulletin boards as well as questions and comments. We have reported process of website development for other educators in anatomy in order to share the lessons learned to develop and enhance their own information through the Internet.

A Web-Based Bulletin Board System for Treatment of Skin Disease / 대한피부과학회지

BACKGROUND: Electronic bulletin board systems have been used for education, information exchange, and medical consultation for a number of years. However, most of these systems have been text-based. The field of dermatology has never had a system that allowed a quick exchange of visual information. OBJECTIVE: Dermatology is a field of medicine which especially requires a visual image for an accurate diagnosis, and subsequent effective treatment. We have developed a web-based bulletin board system which can be used by any clinician with access to the internet to view clinical images of skin diseases with accompanying clinical findings. METHODS: A web-based bulletin board system was developed for the internet. The system is designed to operate independently of client hardware and software using hyper text markup language so participants using different platforms can access and use the site effectively. RESULTS: Any participant can easily upload a diagnostic image to the board along with relevant clinical information. Other participants can make comments regarding the presented case which may prove useful to the presenter in diagnosis and development of an effective treatment modality. CONCLUSION: Our web-based bulletin board system for discussion of skin diseases has the potential to help in the diagnosis and treatment of various skin diseases. Dissemination of information relating to clinical cases and participation of a widespread audience of experienced clinicians will allow better practice of dermatology and aid in further training of inexperienced clinicians.

A citation analysis of Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin / 中国药理学通报

Aim To evaluate the academic level and the popularity of Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin. Method According to the information of Chinese Medical citation Index(CMCI), I statistically analyzed the amount and distribution of the originals in Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin cited by the journal included by CMCI. Result The originals of Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin were high-qualified and influential, and their authors were all over the country. Conclusion With the unique style and character chinese Pharmacological Bulletin is the main medical core periodical and one of the most important information recourses in the field of Pharmacological in china.