Activity Mean % of  Time a 1980 (n = 78)8 1986 (n = 121)9   1992 (n = 115)10 2003 (n=68) Answering drug information requests 57.0 37.2 30.2 34.7 Participating on pharmacy and therapeutics committee -----b 12.9 11.2 13.8 Providing training or education ------ 7.6 9.2 13.4 producing news letters 11.0 7.5 5.3 5.7 Reporting adverse drug reactions ------ 1.8 6.0 5.5 Performing administrative duties (not related to DIC) ----- 6.3 5.7 4.9 Conducting drug use reviews ---- 4.7 5.8 4.4 Conducting literature searches 12.0 6.7 4.8 4.4 Giving lectures and presentation 9.0 5.7 3.6 3.6 Conducting inservice education ------ --- 2.0 1.9 Reviewing patient’s therapy --------- 1.8 2.0 1.2 Reviewing articles for journals ------- ----- 0.6 1.1 Counseling patients -------- 0.7 1.0 1.0 Preparing review article 4.0 2.0 0.6 0.9 Preparing columns for journals 3.0 0.7 1.0 0.8 Providing abstracting services 2.0 0.7 4.5 0.6 Conducting admission or discharge interviews ----- 0.3 0.2 0.2 othersc 2.0 3.1 2.0 2.5

aBecause of rounding, percentages may not total 100

bdata not collected

cFor  example, drug shortage planning, participating on institutional review board, data base management, medication  error reporting, investigational  drug  preparation, staff  development, and department  quality assurance.

Table 2: Percentage of Time Spent on Drug Information Center (DIC) Activities [18].