This program was designed for any pharmacist having direct patient care responsibilities or those consulting with prescribers. In addition, pharmacists with responsibility for writing newsletters and practice guidelines may benefit from the program. In particular, pharmacists working with P & T committees will find the skills learned immediately applicable. Finally, pharmacists participating in journal club and pharmacists precepting pharmacy students and residents will find the program helpful.
Learning Objectives
Accessing and selecting literature (~ 4 hours)
Describe the services available via PubMed
Utilize successful, tailored search strategies to identify a reasonable number of articles via PubMed
Describe a method for identifying the most relevant articles for reading
Locate articles available through online journals
Order articles not available online through alternate sources
Interpreting and evaluating the literature (~ 26 hours)
Describe the sections of a research article and the elements that need to be included for the reader to confidently interpret the findings
Classify research studies according to type of study design, and identify the particular advantages and disadvantages of commonly used designs.
Explain key terms and concepts in statistics used in pharmacy and medical journals, such as statistical significance, p value, confidence interval and power.
Interpret commonly used statistics and recognize when common statistical tests have been applied and interpreted appropriately or inappropriately.
Dr. Brown is responsible for drug literature evaluation at the College of Pharmacy and is currently developing an elective in advanced drug literature evaluation. In addition to teaching entry-level Pharm.D. students, Dr. Brown also teaches literature evaluation to the College’s pharmacy residents.
Kristin K. Janke, Ph.D
Assistant Dean, Educational Development
University of Minnesota
College of Pharmacy
Dr. Janke was the Co-Director for the Drug Literature Evaluation course taught for practicing pharmacists in the non-traditional Pharm.D. program and also taught literature evaluation in the Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Certificate Program.
Participants must pass (70% or greater) the following within the six week course offering:
Two assignments
Two online examinations
Following successful completion of all assignments and a course evaluation, a statement of credit will be mailed to participants within four weeks of the last day of the course.
The University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy is approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of Continuing Education. This program is approved for 30 hours of CE credit. ACPE #031-000-07-201-H04. Following successful completion (70%) of the course requirements and completion of the course evaluation, statements will be mailed to participants within four weeks of the last day of the course. Initial Release: January 2007. Expiration: January 2009.
The Applying Medical Literature in Practice Course is a self-directed, online course totaling 30 hours when completed. In addition to assigned readings, the online course provides lectures, self-assessment questions and practice exercises.
Before registering, be sure that you have carefully read through the course prerequisites.
Please register at least one week before the course start date, to guarantee a timely start.
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The University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy is approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of Continuing Education. This program is approved for 30 hours of CE credit. ACPE #031-000-07-201-H04. Following successful completion (70%) of the course requirements and completion of the course evaluation, statements will be mailed to participants within four weeks of the last day of the course. Initial Release: January 2007. Expiration: January 2009.