Drug Information and Evidence-based Practice
Students can choose this elective course during the fifth semester. The course focuses on the challenges of searching for and critically evaluating pharmaceutical information within many different courses. This course also prepares students for working in a knowledge-based manner.
The purpose of this course is to allow students to integrate and apply pharmaceutical information in a knowledge-based manner when they make clinical decisions and provide advice regarding proper drug use and to safeguard patient safety. To achieve this, students must be aware of relevant quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. This includes how to systematically search for and critically evaluate information. Examples will be provided from several relevant subject areas. Theoretical lessons will be partially incorporated with the bachelor thesis theory teaching.
After completing the course, the student is able to:
Knowledge
- define and explain the foundation for evidence-based practice and be aware of its limitations
- describe potential obstacles regarding the implementation of evidence-based practice in pharmacies and primary and specialist health care services
- describe research design strengths and weaknesses relevant to pharmacy practice
- describe the purpose of pharmacoeconomic studies including the most common designs associated with it
Skill:
- Formulate relevant drug-related clinical questions when using PICO
- Search in appropriate sources of information and databases to find relevant drug information
- Critically consider drug information in various forms, including scientific articles
- Make knowledge-based decisions and provide customized and concrete advice regarding specific drug-related questions
- interpret and understand fundamental statistical, epidemiological and pharmacoepidemiological methods to help make critical source evaluations.
- Show insight into scientific thinking and research ethics
General competence
- Give a written and oral presentation of a drug-related theme in accordance with guidelines and the correct use of references
- Provide evidence-based pharmaceutical information, oral and written guidance and advice to health professionals and users of the health service, and customize the amount and complexity of this information to the recipient
- Discuss the content, benefit and implications of scientific articles
- Reflect on the importance of evidence-based practice so as to exercise pharmaceutical care, safeguard patient safety and ensure the rational use of drugs
Lectures, task solving, practical exercises individually and in groups with and without guidance, literature seminars. Oral and written presentation.
The teaching of these courses will take place in English if international students are present.
There is compulsory participation in this course. Reason for compulsory participation: Participation provides skills and general competence that cannot be acquired alone.