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HealthTrust presents…”Drug Information: Searching Medical Literature”

Despite being an essential part of a healthcare professional, many pharmacists and nurses may not know where to start when asked to search medical literature in response to a question from another healthcare provider or patient. As a result, pharmacists and nurses are limited in their ability to quickly but thoroughly respond to inquiries which may ultimately lead to a delay in patient care. Healthcare professionals must stay up to date on current clinical practice and emerging literature. Clinical practice may change more frequently than guidelines alone can keep up with. Thus, healthcare professionals must be able to effectively and efficiently search medical literature to guide the interventions they implement in patient care. This continuing education program will provide an overview of the various methods of searching medical literature and how to design an effective search strategy.

Learning Objectives for Pharmacists and Nurses  |  At the end of the session, participants should be able to:

1. Differentiate between indexing and abstracting services
2. Explain the differences between MEDLINE and PubMed
3. Design an effective search strategy in response to a drug information question

Learning Objectives for Pharmacy Technicians  |  At the end of the session, participants should be able to:

1. Explain the organization and categorization of medical literature in PubMed and MEDLINE
2. Develop an effective search strategy in order to locate a specific article

Presenter:

Rena J. Rai, PharmD  |  Drug Information Pharmacy Resident  |  Rutgers, the State University

Target Audience:  Nurses, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs

Continuing Education Information: 1.0 contact hour approved for Pharmacists, Pharmacy Techs and Nurses. Belmont University College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.  The ACPE Universal Activity Numbers for this activity are 0863-9999-20-051-L04-P and 0863-9999-20-051-L04-T. The activity is approved for 1 hour (.1 CEUs) of continuing education credit to pharmacists, pharmacy techs and nurses who attend the webinar and complete the online evaluation.

California Board of Registered Nursing Approval. Pfiedler is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 14944 for 1.0 contact hour.

Note about CE credit: If you plan to obtain credit, stay until the end of the presentation to receive the verification code you will need to obtain your continuing education credit. A reminder that CE credit is individual. No group credit is available. Each person must register for this session and attend the webinar for 40 minutes or longer in order to receive an email after the event with instructions on how to apply for continuing education credit. Please do not share the code or forward the email you receive to others who did not actually attend the program. If they are not able to be verified on our webinar provider reports and registration list they will not receive credit. Also, please note: If you are joining only by phone, you will not be eligible for credit. You must also log in and join the visual portion of the webinar to be part of our CE provider-required reporting.

Effective June 1, 2019: Belmont College of Pharmacy will no longer issue paper/electronic statements of credit for CE activities. ACPE (our accrediting body) policy states paper and/or electronic statements of credit may no longer be distributed directly to learners as proof of ACPE credit. The official record of credit may be located in the learner’s e-profile in CPE Monitor at www.nabp.net.  A participant, sponsor, faculty member or other individual wanting to file a grievance with respect to any aspect of a program sponsored or co-sponsored by the Belmont COP may contact the Dean of Belmont University College of Pharmacy in writing at david.gregory@belmont.edu. The grievance will be reviewed and a response will be returned within 45 days of receiving the written statement. If not satisfied, an appeal to the Dean of the College of Pharmacy can be made for a second level of review.