title: The internet as a tool in clinical pharmacology.
abstract: The invention of the internet and the world-wide web was a landmark that has affected many aspects of everyday life, but is so recent and dynamic that many of its potential uses are still being explored. Aside from its purely commercial use as a virtual pharmacy (e-commerce), the internet is useful in at least three aspects related to clinical pharmacology: communication, training and research. In this paper we briefly review several internet applications related to clinical pharmacology and describe, as an example, the logistics of a multicentre research collaboration related to the promotion of rational drug use in the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Informatics Unit, Fundació Institut Català de Farmacologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. jmc@icf.uab.es
authors.forename: Josep-Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Castel
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Figueras
authors.forename: Joan-Miquel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vigo
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D003142:Communication; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D010601:Pharmacology, Clinical / Q000193:education