How Drugs Work 2: Finding Information about Drugs

How Drugs Work: Session 2 - Finding Information about Drugs

Contains 19 PowerPoint slides prepared FOR YOU TO TEACH.

Goals and Learning Objectives:

After completing this module, the audience should be able to answer the following questions:

1. What are the categories of drug information?
2. What is the process for obtaining drug information?
3. What is the importance about the distinction between primary and secondary sources when obtaining drug information?
4. How would you provide drug information to patients?

• Adverse Drug Reaction
• Drug Administration
• Drug Interactions
• Drug Compatabilities
• Pharmacokinetics
• Teratogenicity

You need to be thoroughly conversant with the use and administration of drugs within the health care system to teach this material.
The aim of this program is to offer you guidance for your presentation. You may choose to alter material in these slides to suit your needs.

Published: November 2010

Usage:

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Ausmed is not responsible for any changes you make to the content of PowerPoint presentations. You are responsible for ensuring that any changes are accurate and do not affect the accuracy of the parts which you do not change.

Author:

Jennifer Gibson (US)

Adapted for Australia by:

Dr Jenny Gowan

Includes: highly descriptive PowerPoint slides with added graphics.

Professional Reviews:

I found this resource most helpful to gain more information about the drug to be utilised and how to find the information on whether drugs researched had prior trials performed before the drug was placed on the market.