Online Courses Handbook 2003

304887 (v.1) Drug Information 528

Area:	School of Pharmacy
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Drug information concepts, the role of the pharmacist as a drug information specialist. Overview of drug information services and poisons information centres, available drug information sources and their evaluation. A systematic approach to drug information. Classification and evaluation of drug information requests. Methods used to obtain historical and background information about patients in relation to drug information requests. Conducting a systematic literature search. Formulating and communicating a drug information response to a request. Situations and problems in providing drug information. Adverse drug reaction reporting and evaluation. Legal issues associated with the provision of drug information.