The professional (i.e. pharmacist) that has enough expertise and knowledge to retrieve, select, evaluate and disseminate information towards a specific drug-related question.
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Teaching and Learning Methods for Drug Information
Fernando Fernandez-Llimos (Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Portugal), Helena H. Borba (Department of Pharmacy, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil), Antonio M. Mendes (Pharmaceutical Sciences Program, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil), Roberto Pontarolo (Department of Pharmacy, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil), and Fernanda S. Tonin (Pharmaceutical Sciences Program, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil)
Copyright: © 2021
|Pages: 26
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4486-0.ch003
Abstract
Healthcare professionals, especially pharmacists, are constantly involved with drug information and should be able to properly select resources and keep updated on new literature and new tools to address a variety of drug information requests. The provision of accurate in-depth drug information requires the development of drug information skills through both didactic and experiential training programs. Considering the complexity of the drug information field and the expanding roles of pharmacists as information resources, this chapter will briefly introduce the main concepts of drug information and discuss the potential methods and challenges for teaching this subject while matching the variety of learning styles.