Introduction
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NAPLEX Study Materials
- APhA Complete Review for Pharmacy, 2018
- APhA Complete Review for Pharmacy Math, 2020
- Multiple review books available in the NAPLEX Central section of AccessPharmacy
- Access to RxPrep is given to P4 students only by the School
Selected Books and eBooks
Drug-induced diseases : prevention, detection, and management by Call Number: Ebook 3 userISBN: 9781585285310Publication Date: 2018A drug-induced disease is the unintended effect of a drug, which results in mortality or morbidity with symptoms sufficient to prompt a patient to seek medical attention and/or require hospitalization. This book, now a modern classic, examines these unintended effects and creates a knowledge base of potentially causal drugs that must be considered in medication monitoring activities. Now in its third edition, this essential and comprehensive resource provides a detailed analysis of how to identify, prevent, and manage drug-induced diseases.
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Systems by Call Number: Ebook unlimitedISBN: 9781003265436Publication Date: 2023-02-02Provides applications of machine learning in healthcare systems and seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine by combining design and problem-solving skills of engineering with health sciences to advance healthcare treatment. Discusses AI-based smart paradigms for reliable prediction of infectious disease dynamics which can help or prevent disease transmission. Highlights the different aspects of using extended reality for diverse healthcare applications and aggregates the current state of research. The book offers intelligent models of the smart recommender system for personal well-being services and computer-aided drug discovery and design methods. Case studies illustrating the business processes that underline the use of big data and health analytics to improve healthcare delivery are center stage.
Comprehensive healthcare simulation : pharmacy education, practice and research by Call Number: Ebook 3 userISBN: 9783031337611Publication Date: 2023Serves as a source for guiding pharmacy academics, clinicians, researchers, supervisors, trainers, and students who wish to learn more about and introduce simulation in pharmacy education, practice and research. Furthermore, this book describes the current practice, the facilitators and barriers for implementing evidence-based simulation, and provides examples from real simulation practice in education, practice and research.
From PharmD to industry : a fellowship guide by Call Number: Ebook 3 userISBN: 9783031357879Publication Date: 2023Through the eyes of current industry fellows and professionals, this book serves as a resource to learn more about fellowship opportunities and their respective application processes. In addition, this manual aims to provide a clear and concise roadmap to achieving a career in industry through a fellowship program. Whether you are a current student pharmacist, post-graduate pharmacy trainee (pharmacy resident), or industry professional, this manual addresses the current landscape of industry fellowship programs, an overview of industry opportunities, and a glimpse into what being a fellow entails.
Pharmacy Practice in Developing Countries by Call Number: Ebook unlimitedISBN: 9780128017111Publication Date: 2016-02-13offers a detailed review of the history and development of pharmacy practice in developing countries across Africa, Asia, and South America. Pharmacy practice varies substantially from country to country due to variations in needs and expectations, culture, challenges, policy, regulations, available resources, and other factors. This book focuses on each country's strengths and achievements, as well as areas of weakness, barriers to improvement and challenges.
Pharmacotherapy Casebook: a Patient-Focused Approach, Eleventh Edition by Call Number: Ebook unlimited usersISBN: 9781260116670Publication Date: 2020-04-21*Instructors can request access to the Casebook Instructor's Guide on AccessPharmacy. Email User Services (userservices@mheducation.com) for more information.*
Make the right drug therapy decisions with the definitive guide to pharmacotherapy principles applied in everyday practice Packed with 157 patient cases; builds your problem-solving and decision-making skills, so you can identify and resolve the most common drug therapy challenges you'll encounter in daily practice.
Pharmacy Calculations: An Introduction for Pharmacy Technicians by Call Number: Ebook 3 userISBN: 9781585286393Publication Date: 2021Designed for pharmacy technician students enrolled in a training program, technicians preparing for the certification exam, and for on-site training.
A Practical Guide to Contemporary Pharmacy Practice and Compounding by Call Number: RS98 .E43 2018ISBN: 9781496321299Publication Date: 2017-11-01Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2021. A Practical Guide to Contemporary Pharmacy Practice and Compounding is your hands-on, step-by-step guide to receiving and filling prescription drug orders as well as a comprehensive look at the preparation of sterile and non-sterile extemporaneously compounded preparations. In addition, it offers a wealth of guidance on processing prescriptions, avoiding dangerous medication and labeling errors, counseling patients and caregivers, and much more - giving you all the knowledge you need to succeed on your exams and safely carry out the practice of pharmacy.
Pharmacy management : essentials for all practice settings by Call Number: Ebook unlimited usersISBN: 9781260456394Publication Date: 2020A comprehensive pharmacy management textbook. Uses "evidence-based management"; that is, material derived from the best and most contemporary primary literature, but that which at the same time focuses on the application of knowledge into skills that pharmacists will use every day
Mcgraw-Hill Education Naplex Review, Fourth Edition by Call Number: Ebook unlimited usersISBN: 9781260135923Publication Date: 2021The acclaimed NAPLEX® review - updated to reflect the latest NAPLEX® guidelines! More than ONE MILLION Clicks on AccessPharmacy! Edited by an instructor who has taught thousands of students, this all-in-one study guide was developed and reviewed by pharmacists, faculty, students, and recent graduates - so readers can be confident it contains only the most relevant, up-to-date content. Test-takers will find valuable foundational material, 1,500 chapter-ending case application questions that cover every key topic on the exam, and two online practice exams with a total of more than 300 questions. *Covers all topics found on the exam *Explanations for correct and incorrect answer choices *Take-away points at the end of each chapter summarize key concepts
Pharmacotherapy: a Pathophysiologic Approach, Eleventh Edition by Call Number: Ebook unlimited usersISBN: 9781260116816Publication Date: 2020-06-25The classic guide to driving optimal patient outcomes using evidence-based medication therapies--updated with the latest advances and guidelines. Helps you deliver the highest-quality patient care through evidence-based medication therapy derived from sound pharmacotherapeutic principles. It takes you beyond drug indications and dosages, showing how to properly select, administer, and monitor drugs--everything you need to provide safe, effective drug therapy across all therapeutic categories. With all-new monitoring tables and authoritative content from 300 expert contributors, this new edition has been fully updated to reflect the latest evidence-based information and recommendations.
Pharmacy Education in the Twenty First Century and Beyond by Call Number: Ebook 3 userISBN: 9780128119464Publication Date: 2018-04-17Offers a complete reference on global pharmacy education, along with a detailed discussion of future issues and solutions. This book begins with a brief overview of the history of pharmacy education, covering all levels of education and styles of learning, from undergraduate, continuing professional education, and methods for self-learning and development. Teaching strategies such as team-based learning, problem-based learning and interdisciplinary education are also described and compared to conclude why certain pharmacy programs attract students, and why educators prefer particular teaching strategies, assessment tools and learning styles.
Clinical Cases in Skin of Color by Call Number: Ebook, unlimited usersISBN: 3319236156Publication Date: 2015-11-25This book identifies the most common presentations and essential features of top dermatological conditions in patients with skin of color. It presents practical information in a case-based organization to assist dermatologists in clinical decision making, and discusses important cultural beliefs that must be considered in order to provide optimal care to patients with skin of color.
Spray-Freeze-drying of Foods and Bioproducts by Call Number: Ebook unlimited usersISBN: 9780367435608Publication Date: 2022-04-01Provides examples and case studies of nuances and intricacies associated with each stage of the spray-freeze-drying process. Highlights the applications of spray-freeze-drying in the production of food products including soluble coffee, dairy powders, probiotics and flavors. Serves as a ready-reckoner of characterization methods for spray-freeze-dried products.
Biointegration of Medical Implant Materials by Call Number: Ebook unlimited usersISBN: 9780081026809Publication Date: 2019-09-18Provides a unique and comprehensive review of recent techniques and research into material and tissue interaction and integration. New sections discuss soft tissue integration, with chapters on the biocompatibility of engineered stem cells, corneal tissue engineering, and vascular grafts.
Encapsulation Technologies and Delivery Systems for Food Ingredients and Nutraceuticals by Call Number: Ebook unlimited usersISBN: 9780857091246Publication Date: 2012-10-19Improved technologies for the encapsulation, protection, release and enhanced bioavailability of food ingredients and nutraceutical components are vital to the development of future foods. Encapsulation technologies and delivery systems for food ingredients and nutraceuticals provides a comprehensive guide to current and emerging techniques.
Hazardous Reagent Substitution by Call Number: Ebook unlimited usersISBN: 9781782620501Publication Date: 2017-12-12Examines green approaches to overcoming hazardous organic transformations. Summarizing recent developments, the book features a detailed description of some of the high impact active pharmaceutical ingredients that have been developed considering green chemistry approaches. It explores the design, engineering and process development and the calculations to account for waste. The book includes strategies to further advance green approaches in the development of generic pharmaceutical industries and features novel, innovative approaches that promote waste-free organic synthesis.
Metallo-Drugs: Development and Action of Anticancer Agents by Call Number: Babbidge RS431.A64 M48 2018ISBN: 9783110469844Publication Date: 2018-02-05Centers on biological, medicinal inorganic chemistry. The serendipitous discovery of the antitumor activity of cis-diamminodichloroplatinum(II) (cisplatin) by Barnett Rosenberg in the 1960s is a landmark in metallodrug-based chemotherapy. The success of cisplatin in the clinic, followed by oxaliplatin and carboplatin, along with their drawbacks relating mainly to resistance development and severe toxicity, initiated research on polynuclear platinum complexes and on Pt(IV) complexes as prodrugs.
Medicinal Chemistry by Call Number: Ebook unlimited usersISBN: 9781000437287Publication Date: 2021-09-12Written for those who are interested in learning how drugs are discovered. Compared to other books on the market, this text takes a different approach by presenting the subject on chemical reaction mechanism terms, which ideally makes the subject matter more interesting and easier to comprehend. The authors describe the drug discovery process, from advancing an initial lead to the approval process, and include drug discovery sources.
Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs by Call Number: Reserve RM671.A1 H35ISBN: 9781582123172Publication Date: 2020-12-01An authoritative resource for students and for health care providers who counsel and care for patients undertaking self-treatment—nonprescription drugs, nutritional supplements, medical foods, nondrug and preventive measures, and complementary therapies. Its goal is to develop the knowledge and problem-solving skills needed to assess a patient’s health status and current practice of self-treatment, to determine whether self-care is necessary or appropriate, and, if appropriate, to recommend safe and effective self-care measures.
Handbook of Medicinal Herbs by Call Number: QK99.A1 D83 2002ISBN: 9780849312847Publication Date: 2002-06-27Considered the definitive work on medicinal herbs and their uses. The second edition contains more species, phytochemicals, proven indications, folk indications, and dosage data than the first edition in a new easier to use format. The in-depth content, the addition of color plates and over 200 black and white illustrations makes this book the most comprehensive resource on medicinal herbs available.
Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants by Call Number: Ebook unlimited usersISBN: 9781119036685Publication Date: 2020-08-21The latest research on the health benefits and optimal processing technologies of herbs and spices This book provides a comprehensive overview of the health benefits, analytical techniques used, and effects of processing upon the physicochemical properties of herbs and spices.
Healing with Plants by Call Number: QK99 .A1 F37 2021ISBN: 9781783253043Publication Date: 2021-03-02A modern herbal guide for healing with plants. Discover the healing powers of plants in this stunning, definitive herbal guide from one of the oldest botanic gardens in the world, Chelsea Physic Garden.
Medical Botany by Call Number: RS164 .L475 2003ISBN: 9780471628828Publication Date: 2003-09-04Organized by body system and ailment makes it easy to locate appropriate therapies. Includes background on the physiology of major systems and ailments so readers can understand how and why a pharmaceutical, botanical, or dietary supplement works. Broad coverage includes green plants, fungi, and microorganisms. Includes extensive references and citations from both conventional and complimentary-alternative medical systems when natural products or their derivatives are involved.
