Talk:Pharmacy and Therapeutics

message: Tar009, Kimhvo, Mikobaya and I will be editing this article as part of our Fall 2018 Health Policy course. Potential updates include editing for specificity ("Most generic drugs are available on formularies" - can we find a source that quantifies or further describes generic coverage on formularies), additional information (differences between hospital and insurance P&T committees), and linking this page to other relevant Wiki pages (for instance, this page should probably be linked on the formulary page). - Julialee2 (talk) 18:41, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

message: There is probably additional info to be added to this page, but at minimum it should include the following: 
1. Committee responsibilities
 * (Outline general responsibilities of a P&T committee here)
 * Hospitals (Hospital-specific responsibilities)
 * Health-systems (Health-systems/insurer-specific responsibilities)
 2. Committee members (Describe the members of the P&T committee here)
 Julialee2 (talk) 04:28, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed article outline 

message: ===Peer Review by Group 24:===
====1) Does the draft submission reflect a neutral point of view? If not, specify...====
This article is not biased. I looked at the sources and each of the sources are not from biased websites, the sources were only informing and defining "pharmacy and therapeutics". The tone and atmosphere were neutral and not leaning towards the benefits of having a pharmacy and therapeutics group. Overall, I feel that this wiki page is very informative and nonbiased, I did not feel positive or negative towards the topic pharmacy and therapeutics. Great job on making it non biased!--Dereknguyen93 (talk) 17:51, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: CP 133 Health Policy Course Peer Review Fall 2018

message: ====1) Does the draft submission reflect a neutral point of view? If not, specify...====
This article is not biased. I looked at the sources and each of the sources are not from biased websites, the sources were only informing and defining "pharmacy and therapeutics". The tone and atmosphere were neutral and not leaning towards the benefits of having a pharmacy and therapeutics group. Overall, I feel that this wiki page is very informative and nonbiased, I did not feel positive or negative towards the topic pharmacy and therapeutics. Great job on making it non biased!--Dereknguyen93 (talk) 17:51, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Peer Review by Group 24:

message: This article is not biased. I looked at the sources and each of the sources are not from biased websites, the sources were only informing and defining "pharmacy and therapeutics". The tone and atmosphere were neutral and not leaning towards the benefits of having a pharmacy and therapeutics group. Overall, I feel that this wiki page is very informative and nonbiased, I did not feel positive or negative towards the topic pharmacy and therapeutics. Great job on making it non biased!--Dereknguyen93 (talk) 17:51, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: 1) Does the draft submission reflect a neutral point of view? If not, specify...

message: Overall, every point included in the article by the editing group uses high quality sources such as ASHP. The full article for citation 2 (PMID: 10260199) is not freely available, however the abstract of the article is freely available. The information extracted from this article seems to only correlate to the public available abstract, so it may be okay. However to be safe, I would try to find another fully freely available article for this citation. The date for citation 3 needs to be fixed, but that is minor edit to complete the citation. Lastly, citation 4 which is the book Introduction to Hospital and Health-System Pharmacy Practice is not a freely available source unfortunately, so I would recommend finding a freely available article that also verifies the points made by this citation.
Great work in adding high quality information into this starter wiki page! Kristinignacio (talk) 23:55, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: 2) Are the points included verifiable with cited secondary sources that are freely available? If not, specify...

message: The edits are consistent with Wikipedia’s manual of style. The article starts with a short lead section summarizing the important points related to the topic and is followed by sections discussing key points related to P&T. Every statement is also cited throughout the article.
In the lead section, I would edit the sentence “They must weigh the costs and benefits...which ones a person and the most efficacy…” because it’s a little confusing. I think it’d also be helpful to expand on the last sentence in the lead section “Goals of a P&T committee…” later on in the article so that the reader can understand how the committee does this. 
In the “Formulary Restrictions” section I think Wikipedia recommends avoiding statements with “most” and “some.” It might be helpful to cite whose viewpoints these are. Since many of these decisions are specific to each organization, maybe just state what decisions must be made rather than generalize what they actually decide on. Overall the article is very concise and matches Wikipedia’s style in terms of wording and flow! -Jacey N. JN1018 (talk) 01:18, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: 3) Are the edits formatted consistent with Wikipedia’s manual of style? If not, specify...

message: For the most part, there wasn't much evidence of plagiarism or copyright violation, I believe the only part I have of concern reflects a potential case of plagiarism only because it's really difficult explaining the process of something without using similar wording as the authors' in the article. The following points I'll bring up below are sentences that I identified to have closed paraphrasing. 
1. "Goals of a P&T committee are to optimize current policies, communication, and education related to medication use by implementing an evidence-based approach.” 
Original Text: goals of a P&T committee are to optimize policies, communication, and education related to medication use and to manage a drug formulary to provide the most appropriate and cost-effective care to unique patient populations
Comment: I feel that the wording and format of the sentence is too similar to the original text. Perhaps you can describe the roles of the P&T committee without saying the exact words?
2. "The committee may include actively practicing physicians, pharmacists, and nurses from a variety of specialties, as well as administrators and quality assurance staff."
Original: The P&T committee is composed of actively participating physicians, other prescribers, pharmacists, nurses, administrators, quality-improvement managers, and other health care professionals and staff who participate in the medication-use process. 
Comment: According to the dashboard training module, even though the words are different, the format of the sentence is too similar to the original author's and this is considered "closed paraphrasing" even though a citation was given... perhaps you can change around the order of which staff participates in the committee?
3. All members are expected to be sufficiently capable of reviewing literature to form evidence-based decisions
Original: All members of a P&T committee should receive training in the critical analysis of medical literature
Comment: I'm not completely sure if this would be considered "closed paraphrasing" but I felt like the beginning of the sentence was too similar to the original... perhaps get a second opinion about this one 
I hope this information and comments help! Aside from that, good job with the wiki edits! Julietheenguyen (talk) 03:29, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: 4) Is there any evidence of plagiarism or copyright violation? If yes, specify...

message: 1. Does the draft submission reflect a neutral point of view? If not, specify… 
Yes, I believe the draft is written in a neutral point of view. The content is strictly informative, without urging readers in support nor oppose pharmacy and therapeutics committees. This group was able to address the "who, what and how" from an objective standpoint. They were able to address the goals of the committee as well as any relevant expectations from the members of the committee without making it sound like it was based off of their opinion. Great job! Jessicalngo (talk) 13:54, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  CP133 Fall 2018 Group 17 Peer Edit