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PICO Flashcards

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What does PICO stand for?

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Population, intervention, comparison, outcome

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What is the International Pharmaceutical Abstracts (IPA)

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The only database specializing in pharmacy-related literature

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What type of information can you find in IPA?`

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  • drug therapy
  • pharmacokinetics
  • toxicity
  • pharmacy practice
  • pharmaceutics
  • legislation
  • ethics
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What is embase?

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Covers biomedicine and pharmacology

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What is cochrane library?

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Collection of systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials

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What is grey literature?

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Literature not published in a book or journal. Produced by government, academics, business and industry

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Where can you find grey literature?

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International repositories
Clinical trial websites
Search engines
Some databases
Stats websites
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What are some limitations of grey literature?

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Disorganized
Time consuming to search
Publications may be biased
Lack of peer review/quality control

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What is the HON certifiaction?

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Information on site is reviewed by a committee of medical professionals, ensures site visitors know the sources and purpose of data they’re reading

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What does RADAR stand for?

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Relevance, Authority, Date, Accuracy, Reason

Good way to evaluate if you should use a website in your work

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What is natural medicines? Who prepares the monographs?

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Most reliable, comprehensive and evidence-based resource about natural medicines
Monographs prepared by healthcare practitioners

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What kind of information can you find on natural medicines? (6)

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Monographs
Health and wellness
Sports medicine
Comparative effectiveness
Manufacturer/commercial product info
Fixed herbal combinations
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What tools are available on natural medicines? (6)

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Interaction checker
Nutrient depletion checker
Effectiveness checker
Adverse effects checker
Pregnancy & lactation checker
Charts
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What is the licensed natural health products database?

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Infor about natural health products that have been issued a product license by Health Canada

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What is the national center for complementary and integrative health?

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Has various health topics, herb fact sheets

Does not endorse specific products

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What type of information does the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have?

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Herbs, botanicals, and other products for consumers

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What are the 4 databases of information that Lexicomp has?

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Lexi-drugs
Pediatric and neonatal lexi-drugs
Geriatric lexi-drugs
Lexi-tox

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What tools does lexicomp contain? (5)

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Drug interactions
patient handouts
calculators
IV compatibility
Pill identification

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