Faculty of Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences

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Research group

Spanish

Technology in Pharmacy Regency Research Group (TRF)

Academic Unit: Faculty of Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences

Colombian Ministry of Science

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Call

894 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Medical and health sciences

Subarea

Health sciences

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Strategic Focus

The mission of the Pharmacy Regency Technology Research Group (TRF) is to generate, apply and disseminate scientific knowledge that contributes to the strengthening of administrative and care management of low complexity pharmaceutical services, the development and safe use of non-sterile magistral preparations, and the responsible integration of alternative and complementary therapies in health care. We seek to train competent human talent committed to the collective welfare, through research processes that respond to the realities of the social and health context. From this approach, the group focuses on issues such as:

The inadequate use of medicines, alternative and complementary therapies, and related by the population.
The shortcomings in the offer of lifelong education for pharmaceutical personnel in the improvement of their labor competencies.
The generation of academic support in the strengthening of an integral health approach from pharmaceutical services and ambulatory pharmaceutical establishments.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Therapeutic alternatives.
Primary health care in the pharmaceutical service.
Technical development of non-sterile magistral preparations.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Javier Mauricio Ceballos Rueda, PhD.

Pharmaceutical Chemist. Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia)
Specialist in IPS Management. Universidad CES (Colombia)
Master in Epidemiology. Universidad CES (Colombia)
Doctor in Pharmaceutical and Food Sciences. Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia)

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Coordinator's Email

javier.ceballos@udea.edu.co

Research Group Email

grupotfr@udea.edu.co

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

Helpharma S.A.S
Tiendas Naturistas MOLI S.A.S
Laboratorio Biotemix S.A.S
Laboratorios Laproff S.A
Secretaría Seccional de Salud y Protección Social de Antioquia

Grupo de Investigación de Promoción y Prevención Farmacéutica
Grupo de Estudios de Medicamentos Homeopáticos y Alternativos -GEMHA
Grupo de Toxinología y Alternativas Terapéuticas y Alimentarias
Red de Centros de Medicamentos de Latinoamérica y el Caribe - RedCIMLAC

Highlighted Projects

Design, development and implementation of a technological tool to improve care activities in outpatient pharmaceutical services and facilities.
Causes of pharmacological non-persistence in chronic patients in a health care institution at a national level.
Evaluation of the practices of pharmaceutical personnel in the use of antimicrobials in the outpatient setting.
Sustainable production of food and medicinal plants in a community garden in commune 1, Medellín: in favor of food sovereignty.

Key Research Findings

Improvement of labor competencies (knowledge, skills and attitudes) of pharmaceutical personnel. Measuring instruments and continuing education programs

Evaluation of the effects of a drug with fiscalized substance dispensation, health education, and pharmacovigilance continuing education program in Colombia drugstores and drugstores/pharmacies: study protocol of a multicenter, cluster-randomized controlled trial. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04481-1
Review, design and construction of a measurement instrument to assess the work competencies of outpatient pharmacy personnel.
Effectiveness of a continuing education program of drugs with fiscalized substance to improve pharmacy staff competencies: a multicenter, cluster-randomized controlled trial. https://doi.org/10.18549/pharmpract.2022.3.2632

Integration of pharmaceutical personnel in the appropriate use of medicines (antimicrobial, controlled) through pharmaceutical care services and the support of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).

Design and evaluation of a virtual course for referral of COVID-19 cases from pharmacies-drugstores in Colombia. https://doi.org/10.30827/ars.v63i1.22153
Effect and associated factors of a clinical pharmacy model in the incidence of medication errors (EACPharModel) in the Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe: study protocol for a stepped wedge randomized controlled trial (NCT03338725). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3945-8
Pharmacist´s contribution on antimicrobial stewardship program: ambispective cohort study. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0716-10182021000400480
How to link patients with suspicious COVID-19 to health system from the community pharmacies? A route proposal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2020.03.007

Contribution of the mental health research group

Cost-effectiveness of pharmacotherapeutic monitoring in patients with bipolar-I affective disorder: a randomized clinical trial EMDADER-TAB. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40277-017-0068-z
Psycho-pedagogical communicative awareness in the prevention of psychotropic consumption and violence. https://doi.org/10.21501/22161201.371

Other achievements (human talent training and community action)

Final internships of pharmacy registry technology students as a contribution to primary health care. https://doi.org/10.18270/rsb.v13i2.4460
Early practices: contribution to primary health care for students with hearing impairment. https://doi.org/10.18270/rsb.v13i2.4466

Services and/or Products Portfolio

Construction and validation of measurement instruments.
Specialized consulting services and technical interventions to health institutions with a pharmaceutical approach.
Development of clinical and observational study protocols for the evaluation of pharmacotherapeutic interventions and pharmaceutical care services.
Life-long education tools on topics of pharmaceutical and public health interest.
Development and evaluation of digital and technological tools.