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Objectives:
Students will learn how to integrate information management Principals and be able to practically utilize, retrieve, relate, interpret and disseminate valuable drug information in daily practice. In addition, students will learn how to critically analyze and evaluate medical literatures and the method used by researchers to conduct medical research and the proper use of references. Professional writing, criticism and report will be also addressed.
Contents:
In this course students receive information in various topics including: concept of drug information, process of providing drug information resources, primary literature documents, literature evaluation, clinical application of statistical analysis, professional writing, drug information services, poison centers, investigational drugs, adverse drug reactions, drug use evaluations, and research design and methodology.
Course Outcomes:
To strengthen the student's inter-professional oral communication and literature evaluation skills to be able to:
1. Serve as effective providers of drug information.
2. Provide an organized database of specialized information on drug pharmacology, toxicology, and therapeutics to meet the drug information needs of health care providers.
3. Effectively and objectively criticize primary, secondary, and tertiary literature's usefulness and their applicability in specific patient's settings.
4. Promote patient care through recommending rational drug therapy and evidence-based therapeutics guidelines that enhance the value and utilization of drug information services.
Principal Textbook:
· Drug Information, A Guide for Pharmacist, , Ed., Patrick M. Malone, Appleton and Lange (Latest)
Supplementary Textbook:
· Handbook of institutional pharmacy practice , Ed., Thomas R. Brown, American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Inc. (Latest).
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