Description
This innovative textbook teaches the basics of drug information, literature evaluation, and biostatistics, and relates these topics to evidence-based pharmaceutical care. Readers will learn what to look for in studies, how to critique them, and how to apply them in clinical pharmacy practice.
A major focus is critical appraisal of evidence derived from different types of studies—cases, cohorts, surveys, randomized controlled clinical trials, pharmacoeconomic studies, and systematic reviews. Concluding chapters discuss clinical decision-making using evidence from studies.
Features
--Continuing Controversy boxes provide insight into a controversial issue related to a topic in the chapter, allowing students to understand differences of opinion that currently exist in contemporary practice.
--Flowcharts are used throughout the text to provide students with a systematic method of evaluating literature.
--Case-based critical thinking questions at the end of each of the chapters dealing with studies provoke thought and help students test their comprehension of major concepts.
--Chapter objectives set forth a list of competencies that students gain upon successful completion of the chapter.
--Chapter summaries help students review important concepts that they have just learned.
About the Author(s)
- Claude J Gaebelein PhD
- Associate Professor of Biostatistics, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO
- Brenda L Gleason PharmD
- Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO
Specs
- Product Format: Softbound
- ISBN: 9780781782807
- Trim Size: 7 x 10
- Pages: 370
- Pub Date: Aug 6, 2007
- Weight: 1.0
Associated Specialties
Table of contents
A FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING CONTEMPORARY HEALTH CARE INFORMATION
Chapter 1: Integrating Drug Information, Literature Evaluation, and Biostatistics to Provide Evidence-based Pharmaceutical Care
Chapter 2: Asking and Answering Drug Information Questions
TOOLS FOR EVALUATING CONTEMPORARY HEALTH CARE INFORMATION
Chapter 3: Overview of Research Designs Used to Answer Drug Information Questions
Chapter 4: Biostatistics Concepts: The Building Blocks for Evaluating Biostatistical Methods in Clinical Research
Chapter 5: Foundations of Statistical Inference
Chapter 6: Critical Appraisal of Evidence Derived from Cases
Chapter 7: Critical Appraisal of Evidence Derived from Cohorts and Surveys
Chapter 8: Critical Appraisal of Evidence Derived from Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials
Chapter 9: Critical Appraisal of Evidence Derived from Pharmacoeconomics Studies
Chapter 10: Critical Appraisal of Evidence Derived from Systematic Reviews
CLINICAL DECISION MAKING USING CONTEMPORARY HEALTH CARE INFORMATION
Chapter 11: Evaluating and Implementing Practice Guidelines
Chapter 12: Keeping Current with the Medical Literature: Becoming an Information Master
Appendix A: Drug Information Tables
Appendix B: Statistical Tables
Appendix C: Reprints of Critiqued Articles
Glossary
Index
