Drug Information (DI)
Systemic Approach to DI
Tertiary Sources
Secondary Sources
Primary Sources
100

Where was the first formal drug information center established?

What is the University of Kentucky?

100

What are the 4 actions related to drug information requests?

What is Receive, Research, Respond, Record?

100

Summarized or interpreted original works; Textbooks, reference books, databases, monographs and review articles  

What is a tertiary source?

100

What is the main secondary reference used by healthcare providers?

What is PubMed?

100

Derived firsthand and in the form of a written work

What is the key requirement of primary literature

200

What is highly emphasized by the ACPE standards throughout the experimental component of pharmacy education?

What is drug information?

200

This kind of question may require additional background information.

What is ‘Patient-specific”?

200

Facts and Comparisons, Lext-interact and Clinical Pharmacology (type of source and best option for what?)      

What is a tertiary, drug interaction tool?

200

What secondary search strategy would refine a search to only containing a specific MAJOR term?

What is Focus?

200

More detailed than tertiary literature, Methods of investigation are extensively discussed within each work, published before tertiary literature

What are advantages of primary literature?

300

Drug Information is usually limited to information within product labeling in what area?

What is industry

300

This group of people need a formal quality assessment process, typically reviewed by practicing pharmacist or preceptor prior to dissemination of the drug information response.

Who are pharmacy students/trainees?

300

intent to publish transparent quality health information  

What is the HONcode for websites?

300

In MEDLINE, articles identified would have the MeSH term with what to signify a MAJOR focus term?

What is an asterisk?

300

A short overview or summary of article that is either structured or unstructured and may be misleading.

What is an abstract?

400

What is a fairly new area of practice for Drug Information specialists?

What is informatics?

400

Patient/Population/Problem, Intervention/Exposure, Comparison, Outcome

What is PICO, the acronym used to formulate a searchable question?

400

Accuracy, appropriateness, arrangement, authority, comparability, illustrations, index, level, completeness, content, distinction, documentation, durability, ease of use, reliability, revisions  



What are reasons for evaluation of a tertiary source?

400

What secondary search strategy would capture results from a category/class (ex. Ampicillin plus everything from amoxicillin to talampicillin)?

What is exploding?

400
  • Clinical trial
  • Cohort studies
  • Case-control studies
  • Cross-sectional studies
  • Case reports and series
  • Survey research
  • Economic studies Animal studies
  • In-vitro studies
  • Bench research
  • Meta-analyses

What are forms of primary literature?

500

ACCP DI PRN Recommendations for Drug Information Practice include what areas?

What is:

  • Academia
  • Health Systems
  • Managed Care
  • Industry
  • Medical Writing
  • Informatics
500

Journal impact factor and quality of publishing journal, Date of publication, Quality of study type, Size of the study, Duration of the study

What are some factors that help determine the importance of literature?

500

Source where you can find compilation of prescription product package inserts, manufacture contact information, list of poison control centers and very limited table identification

What is physicians’ Desk Reference?

500

What is the leading resource for systematic reviews and meta-analyses?

What is Cochrane Library?

500

What are the steps for peer review process?

What is Manuscript submission - Eligibility review - Peer review - Revision - Publication

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