DI Practice Questions Part I

1. Define drug information?2. What do you call a specialist who provides drug information services?3. Who provides drug information services at the UNE drug information center?4. Where is UNE drug information center located?5. When and where was the first drug information center opened?6. In 1973, 53 drug information center were operated by doctors at different hospitals. (T or F)7. How many drug information centers were in operation in 1980?8. Where can you find drug information centers?9. List the four reasons why drug information is needed in today's health care?10. List 3 responsibilities of a drug information practitioner? 11. Drug information practitioners have access to information about drugs that are not on the market?12. What do you call drugs that are not on the market?13. List the five sources of drug information services?14. How funds DI services?15. How can you as a future pharmacist benefit from knowing drug information?16. When was the first systematic approach developed?17. The first systematic approach included how many steps?18. When and why was the systematic approach modified?19. What are the steps included in the modified systematic approach?20. Who ask drug information questions?21. What kind of questions are used when obtaining background information from requestor?22. Specific to general searching method has been found to be effective when searching for information? (T/F) 23. Arrange the following in the order of the modified systematic approach?Prioritize resources, summarize and analyze the information, ensure accuracy,establish timeliness of request, categorize question,, patient specific, answer the question.24. What are some major differences between journal and magazine?25. What are the two types of journals? Give examples?26. Which type of journal have lots of editorials and advertisement? 27. Which type of journal is still in print version?28. What is the other name for throw away journal?29. What is the process that is used to assess the quality of a manuscript for publication?30. What are the advantages of the process (#28)?31. What is the lag time for the process (#28)?32. List all the basic elements of a research article?33. What does a citation include?34. What is the most visible part of a research paper?35. What is the difference between structures and non-structures abstracts?36. Dr. Redwanski prefers which type of abstract?37. When writing a research paper, the purpose of the article is stated on which part of the research article?38. The research question is introduced in the which part of the research article?39. The primary goal of a research paper is stated in which part of the research article?40. What is located in the final paragraph of the introduction?41. Short summary of the research paper is stated in which part of the research article?42. Which one comes first during citation, first name / last name of author?43. What does IMRAD stand for?44. Detailed information on which part of the research article will allow other to replicate the study?45. Give examples of information that should be included in the discussion/conclusion part of a research article?46. Which part of the research article allows the reader to access to information cited on the article?47. How are references numbered?48. What does NLM stand for? 49. References can be included in the abstract. (T/F)50. ----------are article papers that review and summarize literature on a particular topic and are considered as -------literature.51. -------------includes criticisms of the article usually submitted within --------weeks following publication of the original article and are considered as ---------literature. 52. -----------are opinions written by leaders in the field of study and are considered as -------literature.53. When was UNE CoP drug information center opened? (BONUS)54. ------------are used to number references.55. How long do you have to challenge a grade you received in either an assignment or test? (BONUS)