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100
What was the first pharmacy school in the country to initiate the PharmD program?
University of Southern California, School of Pharmacy in Los Angeles, CA in 1950
100
How many hospitals are in Georgia?
118
100
What job involves handling radioactive materials for medical procedures?
Nuclear pharmacist
100
What does this abbreviation mean? BID

Twice a day

100
What is the greatest p value needed to determine statistical significance (usually)?
0.05
200
What year was the H1N1 virus outbreak?
2009
200
What movie featured poor administration of an Epi pen during drug overdose?
Pulp Fuction
200
What pharmacist specializes in the preparation of nonsterile (and sometimes sterile) preparations that are not commercially available?
Compounding pharmacist
200

PRN

When Needed

200
What does HIPAA stand for?
Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act
300
What decade did hospital pharmacy begin to develop?
1920's (due to prohibition)
300
What was the first state that required pharmacists to be licensed?
Louisiana
300
Where does a closed door pharmacist usually work?
Long-term care facility
300

Dead on Arrival

DOA

300
What is epidemic influenza?
Influenza within a population
400
What is the oldest professional pharmacy organization?
APhA
400
What is the nation's most-prescribed drug?
Synthroid (levothyroxine)
400
What type of pharmacist is involved in market research, regulatory affairs, and clinical development?
Industry pharmacist
400

What does this abbreviation mean? QOD

Every Other Day

400

What is PINCH?

Potassium Insulin Narcotic Chemotherapy Heparin

500
1821 (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy)
What year was the first college to train pharmacists in the U.S. founded?
500
Which amino acid in turkey is rumored to be the cause of sleepiness?
Tryptophan
500
What type of pharmacist employs health information and communications technology to develop systemized approaches to patient care using evidence-based medicine and other clinical decision-making tools?
Informatics Pharmacist
500

What does this abbreviation mean? DOE

Dyspnea on exertion

500
Define primary literature?
The original published research