Drug Information Course

Accredited 3 CME Hours by SCFHS

For All Healthcare Practitioners 

All Year Long

This is a an online self-paced course that is accessible 24/7 for 2 weeks starting from the date of enrollment.

Certificate of attendance is provided upon completion of the course requirements.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This 6-hours course aims to develop and enhance audience ability to retrieve, analyze, and communicate appropriate information on medications and health care issues to pharmacists, physicians, nurses, other healthcare professionals and the public.

COURSE SPEAKER:

Amal Hassan Salman Al-Najjar, B.Parm., MsFS. TQM.

Drug & Poison Information Specialist

COURSE OUTLINE:

1. Introduction to the Concept of medication information
2. Modified Systematic approach to Answering Question
3. Formulating Effective Responses and Recommendations
4. Drug information Resources
5. How to conduct a literature search

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the course, the audience should be able to:

1. Respond to patient-specific clinical information inquiries
2. Communicate with the client and secure his/her demographics
3. Determine the nature and urgency of the request as well as the appropriate depth of response.
4. Accurately document drug information requests.
5. Develop a logical, stepwise approach to searching the drug information resources.
6. Identify & select the required resources electronic and paper resources.
7. Clearly express and justify recommendation(s) in both written and oral forms.