Useful Pharmacy Books

Introduction

If you just embarked on the journey as a pharmacist in hospital, below are few books that I think you might find very useful. The books are arranged in alphabetical order.



ACCP Updates in Therapeutics, 2024

As stated in the official website, Updates in Therapeutics®: Pharmacotherapy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course is ideal for pharmacy professionals who are preparing for the Pharmacotherapy Specialty Certification Examination administered by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) and for those seeking a self-paced review and refresher of disease states and therapeutics.

ACCP Updates in Therapeutics, 2024

However, if you are working at Malaysia (especially government facilities), there is few reminders that I would like to highlight:



Applied Therapeutics, 2023

Applied Therapeutics, 2023

Applied Therapeutics is a popular textbook for you to learn about clinical use of drugs.

  • More than 800 case studies are presented to stimulate the reader to integrate and apply therapeutic principles in the context of specific clinical situations, cultivating the critical thinking skills essential to optimal patient outcomes.



Boh's Pharmacy Practice Manual, 2015

Boh's Pharmacy Practice Manual

Overall, Boh's Pharmacy Practice Manual is a pocket-sized introductory manual created for students to use during rotations in PharmD programs. Key information in pharmacy is presented in an easy-to-understand format.



Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 2018

Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics is a highly informative reference for any pharmacy student and graduate. It covers topics on

  • General information - such as clinical pharmacy practice, prescribing, practical pharmacokinetics, drug interactions, adverse drug reactions, laboratory data, parenteral nutrition
  • Life stages
  • Major therapeutics



Competence Assessment Tools for Health-System Pharmacists, 2015

Competence Assessment Tools for Health-System Pharmacists

The purpose of Competence Assessment Tools for Health-System Pharmacists is to provide an in-depth resource for competency assessment, accreditation compliance and medication safety in the health system pharmacy.

It covers

  • Basic competencies including confidentiality, safety, and security.
  • Pharmacy care competencies, such as oncology, geriatrics, and obstetrics.
  • Compounding and dispensing competencies.



Dipiro's Pharmacotherapy A Pathophysiologic Approach, 2023

Dipiro's Pharmacotherapy, 2023

Dipiro's Pharmacotherapy A Pathophysiologic Approach has been the most adopted textbook used by colleges and schools of pharmacy in the United States to prepare students to provide a strong foundation for the provision of their patient-centred care.

  • However, chapters on common self-care symptoms (such as fever, pain, headache, cough, minor otic, ophthalmic and dermatologic disorders) and special populations (such as paediatric, geriatric and critical care) are only available as eChapters which require subscription.



Introduction to Acute and Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice, 2017

Introduction to Acute and Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice

Introduction to Acute and Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice provides a thorough introduction to all aspects of the institutional pharmacy practice in both hospital and outpatient settings.

  • Introduction to pharmacy practice
  • Managing medication use
  • Managing medication distribution
  • Using technology
  • Financial Management
  • Sterile product preparation and administration
  • Managing people
  • Careers in health-system pharmacy practice



Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy, 2017

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Pharmacy, 2017 provides handy practical guidance in a quick-reference, bullet-point format to practising and student pharmacists to provide a clinical pharmacy service.



Rang and Dale's Pharmacology, 2023

Rang and Dale Pharmacology, 2023

Although there are many pharmacology textbooks on the market, Rang and Dale's Pharmacology remains the reference that I use most of the time.

  • This partly because it is the recommended textbook in my university syllabus.

New in this edition, it has been updated to include important new drugs such as gene therapies, personalised medicines and the new wave of RNA drugs.

  • In other words, medical field has certainly evolved over time and it is essential for us to have continuous professional education.



Remington The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 2020

Remington The Science and Practice of Pharmacy

For more than 100 years, Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy has been the definitive pharmacy reference. It covers the entire scope of pharmacy education from the history of pharmacy and ethics to the particulars of industrial pharmacy and pharmacy practice.



RxPrep NAPLEX Course Book, 2024

RxPrep NAPLEX Course Book, 2024

NAPLEX (North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination) is an examination taken by recent college of pharmacy graduates shortly after they receive their degree to evaluate general practice knowledge, and it is compulsory to pass it.

RxPrep NAPLEX Course Book contains

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