This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of drug information, pharmacy informatics, types of literature with evaluation for each, types of study designs, and evaluation of clinical trials by equipping students with the principles to critique literature and judge their practical implications. A common drug information resource such as Lexicomp will be used to allow students to use technology of drug information, and retrieval for different drug requests and for quality assurance. The course also describes referencing styles for writing scientific reports.

Pre-requisites: (RES211) + (PHA374)