Pharmacotherapy 13

Drug Information and Communication Strategies

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Finding and sharing the evidence

Drug information practice retrieves, evaluates, and communicates evidence to guide safe medication use.

The pharmacist's job is to find the best evidence quickly, judge its quality, and translate it into a clear answer for a clinician or patient.

Three resource tiers

Tertiary = textbooks/compendia (fast overview). Secondary = databases/indexes (PubMed). Primary = the original studies.