How to improve the quality Cuban Bulletin Experience

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How to improve the quality?Cuban Bulletin
Experience
Dra. Dulce María Calvo Barbado Cuban Bulletin
coordinator Head of Scientific and Therapeutic
Information Department of PDC
General Assembly of ISBD Matagalpa, November 2008
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Cycle of process
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How to improve the quality?

• Writing and producing the bulletin (WP)
• Distribution and dissemination process (D2)
• Assessment (A)

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STRENGTHS

• Well defined objectives and target audience
  (WP)
• 12 years of experience (WP)
• Writers with expertise in production of drug
  information and PE (WP)
• Majority of writers belong to PDC (WP)
• Editorial team part of other editorials staff
  (WP)
• Pharmacoepidemiology network (D2)
• To count with several spaces to make
  dissemination (D2)
• Credibility and confidence of our readers (A)
• To count with reviewers from National Health
  System (National
• Formulary Commission) (WP, D2, A)

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WEAKNESS

• Lack of writers (D2)
• Not multidisciplinary editorial team and
  writers (D2)
• Editorial staff without formal training in
  editorial process EBM (WP)
• Part-time job for editorial staff (WP, D2 , A)
• Lack of articles pool (WP)
• Not well strategic planning (WP , D2, A)
• Lack of feedback (WP, A)
• Not enough dissemination process ( D2)
• Limit resources and not stable financial support
  (WP, D2, A)
• Lack of stable editorial house (WP, D2 )

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OPPORTUNITIES

• Be part of ISDB (WP, D2 )
• Potential relationship with the Ministy of
  Health Primary
• Health Care Administration (WP, D2, A)
• Investment in electronic equipment in PE net
  (WP, D2, A)
• PAHOs financial support (WP, D2 )
• Needs of reliable therapeutic information
  sources (D2, A)

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THREATS

• Conectivity (WP, D2)
• Access (WP, D2)
• Not all cuban professionals have computer and
• email ( D2)
• Financial situation of our country (WP, D2)

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STRATEGY FORMULATION

• To forme stable group of writers (residents,
  other publications writers )
• To train our staff in editorial process
• To stablish editorial policy
• To form advisory board
• To intensify our relationship with national
  specialties groups and health
• administrations
• To make well planning procedure and strong
  monitoring of it.
• To discuss with provinces PE diseminations
  strategy
• To create a database of actual and potencial
  readers

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STRATEGY FORMULATION

• To launch bulletins in health system units
• To continue using of distribution list
• To continue using the email list of Cuban
  Pharmacology Society
• To keep and increase electronic dissemination (
  publishing online, sending by email)
• To restore the audioconference and include
  videoconference
• To create an alert system to our readers
• To get an editorial house with low prices
• To use the ISDB support ( sources of
  information, bulletin manual, tutorials)
• To have a presence in the biannual program of
  Cubans PAHO support
• To design a survey to evaluate the impact of the
  last issue (treatment of RTIs )
• To desing a questionnarie-email to get feedback
  from electronic readers

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