Prescription and Over the Counter Drugs: Supporting Patients with Evidence-Based Information-On Demand

This 1 credit hour on-demand course will cover differences between prescription and over the counter medications, data regarding use in the United States, and three free resources from the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) website, DailyMed and LactMed. The course includes a recorded presentation, demos of the resources, and guided exercises to try the resources hands-on.

Course URL: https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class/prescription-and-over-counter-drugs-supporting-patients-evidence-based-information

Learning Objectives:

• Describe some current challenges related to prescription and over-the-counter drug use in the United States using authoritative statistical sources
• Navigate the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) website to locate research, tools to support evidence-based practice, and patient education materials about substance abuse.
• Find information about safety and adverse effects of common drugs and chemicals in lactating mothers using LactMed.
• Retrieve FDA prescription drug labels using DailyMed.

Agenda:

One hour of course work includes:

• Pre-test
• Course recording
• Practice Guide
• Post-Test

MLA CE Credit: 1