Research Guides: Pharmacy Experiential Education: Start Here

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Experiential Education Tutorial: Library Resources for Rotations
Take this tutorial to learn more tips on using library resources during your rotations.

Most Used Resources

AccessPharmacy - Includes the following pertinent materials for PharmD students:

Leading pharmacy textbooks, including DiPiro, Pharmacotherapy (even review quiz questions!)
NAPLEX review books
Flashcards to help you study for top 300 drug exams, pharmacotherapy, pharmacology, and pharmacy calculations
Videos and pharmacology lectures
Drug monographs
Patient education handouts

Drug Facts & Comparisons - Lists both prescription and OTC drugs by therapeutic categories with concise information concerning pharmacology, dispensing information, ingredients.
Available online on the VCU School of Pharmacy website; see the Resources menu

Lexicomp Online - Lists both prescription and OTC drugs by therapeutic categories with concise information concerning pharmacology, dispensing information, ingredients.
Available online on the VCU School of Pharmacy website; see the Resources menu
For the Lexicomp Mobile App (for PharmD students only), submit a KBOX request

Natural Medicines - Evidence-based, peer-reviewed information on complementary and alternative medicine treatments. Includes evaluation of therapies for specific conditions, herbs and supplements, and diet therapies.

UpToDate - Provides reviewed clinical reference material including drug information, dosing, and brief summaries of conditions and management options. Available off campus with personal account registered while on campus.
App for iOS and Android devices (register account on campus for access to the app)

Practice Guidelines

EPC Evidence-based Reports
AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Center's sponsored reports provide comprehensive, science-based information on common, costly medical conditions and new health care technologies and strategies.
IDSA Practice Guidelines
The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Practice Guidelines are categorized by Antimicrobial Agent Use, Infections by Organ System, Infections by Organism, and Other Guidelines. Site also includes translations of practice guidelines in languages other than English.
Note: You will need to register for a FREE account.
Pediatric Clinical Practice Guidelines & Policies (15th ed., c2015)
From the American Academy of Pediatrics.
VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines
Veterans Healthcare Affairs, in collaborations with the Department of Defense (DoD), has been developing clinical practice guidelines since the early 1990s. In 2010 the Institute of Medicine identified VA/DoD as leaders in clinical practice guideline development.

Electronic Textbooks

AccessMedicine

Collection of over 60 medical textbooks from McGraw-Hill, case files, diagnostic tools, self-assessment questions and patient handouts. Textbooks include Basic & Clinical Pharmacology, and Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. [NOTE: Only 5 users at a time can use AccessMedicine]

AccessPharmacy

More than 30 core pharmacy electronic textbooks, drug monographs, calculators, herb& supplement information, and care plans. Includes Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach.
If you have an My AccessPharmacy account, use the mobile version by going to http://m.accesspharmacy.com

AccessPediatrics

Collection of pediatric and neonatology textbooks, such as Rudolph's Pediatrics. Includes patient education, multimedia, and drug monographs with dosing information for children, neonates, and adults. [Only 5 users at a time can use AccessPediatrics]

STAT!Ref Electronic Medical Library - contains the following five eBooks

AHFS Drug Information
Drug Points System
The Health Professional's Guide to Popular Dietary Supplements
Infectious Diseases: The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
Merck Manual
Only 5 concurrent users of each resource.

Article Searching

CINAHL
Expanded version of the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature with full text for over 1300 journals, plus evidence-based care sheets, legal cases, drug records, and more than 200 books.
Cochrane Library
A database of systematic reviews on health care topics. Also includes a hand-picked registry of controlled trials.
IPA: International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
Abstracts of pharmacology research and information. Produced by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP).
The Medical Letter
Searchable database of articles from The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics from 1988 - present.
PubMed
The primary database of information in biomedical and health sciences fields.
Web of Science
Multidisciplinary database that is a good place to search for basic science journal articles. Includes citations for conference proceedings as well.

Compounding Resources

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding
Merck Index Online
The Merck Index includes CAS number, chemical structure, molecular weight, and physical data, including solubility, which may be especially useful in compounding.
P & T
P & T, or Pharmacy and Therapeutics, is a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Trissel's Stability of Compounded Formulations, 5e by Lawrence A. Trissel; American Pharmacists Association Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: RS200 .T75 2012
ISBN: 9781582121673
Publication Date: 2012-09-01
Trissel's Stability of Compounded Formulations is the only book in print that provides a single compilation of all currently available stability information on drugs in compounded oral, enteral, topical, ophthalmic, and other specialized preparations.
Located at the Health Sciences Library.

USP-NF: U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention
USP–NF is a combination of two compendia, the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and the National Formulary (NF). Monographs for drug substances, dosage forms, and compounded preparations are featured in the USP. Monographs for dietary supplements and ingredients appear in a separate section of the USP. Excipient monographs are in the NF.