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WorksheetsTypes of drug information resources
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A physician asks whether a newly approved drug is superior to standard therapy. Which resource should you consult FIRST?
Drug monograph
Textbook
Primary literature
Drug interaction checker
One limitation of tertiary drug information resources is that they:
Are difficult to navigate
Contain raw research data
May not be fully up to date
Require advanced statistical knowledge
Which of the following is a PRIMARY drug information resource?
Lexicomp
PubMed
British National Formulary
A randomized controlled trial published in a journal
PubMed is classified as a SECONDARY resource because it:
Indexes and organizes primary literature
Contains summarized drug monographs
Provides expert opinions
Is updated less frequently than textbooks
Which of the following is considered a TERTIARY drug information resource?
Clinical trial registry
Drug monograph in Micromedex
Systematic review
Case report
A major limitation of primary literature is that it:
Is always outdated
Is biased by authors
Is not evidence-based
Requires critical appraisal skills
Which situation BEST justifies using a tertiary resource as the FIRST choice?
Answering a routine dosing question
Conducting a meta-analysis
Evaluating conflicting evidence about a new drug
Reviewing pharmacoeconomic outcomes
A nurse asks you to quickly check whether two commonly used drugs interact. The BEST resource is:
Randomized controlled trial
Case report
Drug monograph
Clinical trial protocol
A drug interaction checker is considered:
tertiary drug information resource
secondary drug information resource
primary drug information resource
A cohort study published in the New England Journal of medicine is considered:
Tertiary resource of drug information
secondary resource of drug information
primary resource of drug information
