If you need to brush up on biostatistics, I recommend you buy the little biostatistics book ACCP offers (it’s cheap and it has some good practice problems in it). This is also a really good study guide and here’s a really, really simple sheet. I have more topics in biostatistics (including the “which statistical test to pick” […]
Guidelines
Pharmacoeconomic Studies
The easy thing is to memorize this chart and pick out the keywords from the questions. These are easy to get correct. Method: Cost-minimization Drugs are equal Only cost is considered. For example, choosing which ACEI goes on the formulary Cost-effectiveness Drugs are not equal, $$$ Looking at outcomes (decrease in BP, decrease in glucose). […]
Unsafe Abbreviations
Read through the ISMP’s Unsafe Abbreviation Guide. It’s more comprehensive than the Joint Commission’s and they overlap. Here are a few things you should know. You may use range orders according to your hospital protocol. PRN range orders must include a symptom. Pain PRN meds must include some type of scale. You shouldn’t have multiple […]
References to Know
There may be questions on the test about “where would you go to find [info]” or “Which online database would this study be found in.” The are easy to guess if you know at least what most databases contain and how often they are updated. Medline: Most of us know how Medline works, but: Know […]