PHAR5732 Drug Information and Literature Evaluation

PHAR5732 Drug Information and Literature Evaluation - Course Overview

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

Efficiently retrieve, evaluate and communicate information for medical & drug information enquiries.
Interpret biomedical literature with regard to study design and methodology, significance of reported data and conclusions.
Appraise and apply relevant medical and drug information to patient care and therapy assessment.

Target Participants

This course is designed for the practicing pharmacists who are interested in fine-tuning their fundamental skills in literature evaluation and providing drug information.

Programme Information

Mode of study: Part-time
Normative study period: 20-21 hrs / course (1.5 units) Fall semester
Programme director: Dr. Lee Chui Ping

Entry requirement

Applicants should possess
A Bachelor degree in pharmacy or higher and be a registered pharmacist in his/her country of residence.

Course content and learning activities

Course content
Drug information and drug literature evaluation

a) Literature evaluation skills

Study objective and outcomes
Methodology assessment: setting, patient recruitment, intervention and monitoring, etc
Results interpretation: confidence interval, point estimates, etc
Internal and external validity

b) Drug information skills

Primary, secondary, and tertiary references & search strategies
Steps in problem solving and documentation
Electronic database and platform for information
Formulary management and practicing drug information in hospital

c) Application of evidence-based medicine by clinicians

Discussion / Journal critique assignment (Journal Club)

Learning activities

Lectures
Case study and discussion
Journal club

Assessment

Journal club (60%)
Drug information work up assignment (40%)

Graduation Requirement

Students must fulfil all of the following criteria to be granted a Certificate of Completion:

75% attendance
A passing grade (50%) on the overall assessment

For students who did not achieve a 75% attendance OR not passing the written examination, a Certificate of Attendance will be issued.

Candidates who have been successfully granted a Certificate of Completion for this course and PHAR5733 Certificate Course in Clinical Pharmacy Skills: Drug Therapy & Patient Assessment will be eligible for a waiver to the course PHAR 5880 Drug Therapy Assessment and Drug information should they decide to pursue the Master of Clinical Pharmacy Programme organized by the School of Pharmacy, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in the future. The waiver is valid for 5 academic years subsequent to the candidate's completion of PHAR5732 & PHAR5733, whichever comes earlier.

Teaching Staff

The course will be administered by the School of Pharmacy. Students will learn from teachers of the School of Pharmacy, as well as expert physicians & pharmacists from local practice settings.

Language

English will be used as the main language of instruction.

Time and Date

Please refer to the timetable.

Enrolment

Intake - once per year

Application Deadline

2 weeks before course starts

Tuition Fee

HKD $4,050 per course

Application Fee

HKD $50

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