1. Which of the following statements is correct regarding tertiary resources?
A. Tertiary resources are the filing system to guide users to primary literature
B. Tertiary resources are the third-line resource to check when answering a drug information question
C. Tertiary resources are also known as original research
D. Tertiary resources may provide interpretation of data
2. Which of the following resources does NOT contain off-label uses of medications?
A. Facts & Comparisons
B. Physicians' Desk Resource
C. Clinical Pharmacology
D. Micromedex
3. A patient wants to know if lisinopril is safe to take while breastfeeding. Which free resource can be consulted to find an answer to the patient's drug information question?
A. Hale's Medications & Mothers' Milk
B. LactMed
C. Facts & Comparisons
D. Trissel's Stability of Compounded Formulations
4. Which of the following references might be useful if a patient inquires about travel health risks and ways to prevent them?
A. Pink Book
B. Orange Book
C. Yellow Book
D. Purple Book
5. A physican calls the pharmacy regarding a new patient's medications. The patient was taking Dilacor XR prior to admission, but the hospital formulary has Cardizem CD as the preferred agent. He wants to know if these products can be interchanged. Which of the following resources would be most helpful in responding to his question?
A. Health on the Net Foundation
B. Orange Book
C. Harriet Lane Handbook
D. AHFS Drug Information
6. Which of the following is not a tertiary resource?
A. International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
B. Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation (Briggs)
C. Lexicomp
D. Gahart's Intravenous Medications: A Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals.
7. Which of the following secondary resources would be MOST likely to contain information about nursing standards of practice?
A. Gahart's Intravenous Medications: A Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals
B. Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
C. Medline
D. AHFS Drug Information
8. Which of the following characteristic(s) is desirable when evaluating the quality of a website?
A. HONcode certification
B. URL ends in .gov
C. The sponsor is listed prominently on the homepage
D. All of the above
9. Which of the following statements is correct regarding mobile apps?
A. All mobile apps are subject to FDA regulation
B. Class 1 mobile medical apps must obtain premarket approval
C. Class 3 mobile medical apps must obtain premarket approval
D. None of the above
10. A patient asks if his blood pressure medicine interacts with a newly prescribed drug that he recently started. What is the first step that should be performed according to the systematic approach described in the lesson?
A. Look up the 2 medications in a drug database that includes an interaction checker, and answer the question
B. Secure the demographics of the requestor
C. Immediately search for primary literature
D. None of the above
Evaluation Questions
11. To what extent did the program meet objective #1?
A. Excellent
B. Very Good
C. Good
D. Fair
E. Poor
12. To what extent did the program meet objective #2?
A. Excellent
B. Good
C. Fair
D. Poor
13. To what extent did the program meet objective #3?
A. Excellent
B. Very Good
C. Good
D. Fair
E. Poor
14. To what extent did the program meet objective #4?
A. Excellent
B. Very Good
C. Good
D. Fair
E. Poor
15. To what extent did the program meet objective #5?
A. Excellent
B. Very Good
C. Good
D. Fair
E. Poor
16. Rate the effectiveness of how well the program related to your educational needs:
A. Excellent
B. Very Good
C. Good
D. Fair
E. Poor
17. Rate how well the active learning strategies (questions, cases, discussions) were appropriate and effective learning tools:
A. Excellent
B. Very Good
C. Good
D. Fair
E. Poor
18. Rate the quality of the faculty:
A. Excellent
B. Very Good
C. Good
D. Fair
E. Poor
19. Rate the effectiveness and the overall usefulness of the material presented:
A. Excellent
B. Very Good
C. Good
D. Fair
E. Poor
20. Rate the appropriateness of the examination for this activity:
A. Excellent
B. Very Good
C. Good
D. Fair
E. Poor
21. Rate the effectiveness of how well the activity related to your practice needs:
A. Excellent
B. Very Good
C. Good
D. Fair
E. Poor
22. Rate the effectiveness of how well the activity will help you improve patient care:
A. Excellent
B. Very Good
C. Good
D. Fair
E. Poor
23. Will the information presented cause you to change your practice?
A. Yes
B. No
24. Are you committed to making these changes?
A. Yes
B. No
25. As a result of this activity, did you learn something new?
A. Yes
B. No
26. What is your practice setting or area of practice?
A. Community Pharmacy/Independent
B. Community Pharmacy/Chain
C. Hospital/Health Systems
D. Administrative/Pharmacy Director
E. Critical Care Pharmacy
F. Long-term Care
G. Managed Care/PBM
H. Oncology/Specialty Pharmacy
I. Industry/Manufacturing
27. How many years have you been in practice?
A. <5
B. 5 – 10
C. 11 – 20
D. >20
