1Discuss the fundamentals and importance of drug information skills for all pharmacists.

2Demonstrate effective verbal communication skills in obtaining pertinent background and patient-specific information when receiving drug information requests.

3Demonstrate effective written communication of drug information.

4Demonstrate familiarity with contemporary drug information retrieval technology and the ability to conduct a thorough and systematic search of the tertiary and primary literature.

5Demonstrate the ability to judge the reliability of various tertiary sources of drug information.

6Demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Internet in providing accurate and timely drug information.

7Demonstrate the ability to incorporate drug information, patient-specific factors, and other pertinent information in the delivery of pharmaceutical care.

8Describe the hierarchy of study designs as it relates to level of evidence.

9Explain the general principles of observational and experimental research designs used to answer drug information questions.

10Explain fundamental regulatory and ethical principles involved in human subjects research.

11Differentiate between internal and external validity of clinical trial results.

12Apply the principles of literature evaluation to analyze recent clinical trial results.

13Understand and interpret statistical tests commonly used in contemporary biomedical literature.

14Delineate between statistical significance and clinical significance.

15Interpret the usefulness of clinical trial data for making evidence-based practice decisions.