Pharmacist Continuing Education and Clinical Resources Gateway

RPhWorld is dedicated to provide practicing pharmacists with online resources that are necessary in daily practice.  Our searchable database of over 3400 clinical web resources are not only useful to pharmacists but are also helpful to doctors, nurses and other health professionals.  Our collections of categorized Free Continuing Education is the largest on the Internet.  RPhWorld is operated and edited by practicing pharmacists.

Navigating in RPhWorld:

• Med Links Search - This search engine only searches titles and descriptions of articles/links NOT their contents. If a query cannot be found, try searching under its broader term. e.g. for "gabapentin", search for "drug information database" instead; and for "vancomycin" try "parenteral manual".
• Category Browse - Links are organized under categories & subcategories.  Start with Main Directory and work your way down to the relevant subdirectory. eg. under Continuing Education/Endocrinology you will find CE modules on diabetes.

Allergy / Reactivity / Cross Sensitivity	Hospital Formulary
Calculators / Formulas / Clinical Tools	Hospital Order Sets
Canadian Resources	Journal Collections
Clinical Guidelines	Lab, Medical Tests & Interpretations
Clinical Rounds	Laughters in Medicine
Clinical Specialties Resources	Medication Error
Clinical Trials Summaries	Miscellaneous
Complementary Medicines	News, Bulletins, and Alerts
Compounding & IV Ad	Online Medical Textbooks
Crush/With Foods/Empty Stomach?	Over The Counter Drugs
Diagnostic & Home Devices	Parenteral Therapy
Dictionaries & Abbreviations	Patient Counselling & Information
Dosing & Therapeutic Monitoring	PDA
Drug Availability & Identification	Pharmacist Conferences
Drug Comparison Charts	Pharmacist Continuing Education
Drug Information Database	Poison Control & Toxicology
Drug Interaction	Prescription Cost & Coverage
Drug Potency Conversion & Interchange	Quality Assurance Tools & Quizzes
Drug Safety & Warnings	Research & Statistics
Drug Use in Special Situations	Route / Formulation Coversion
Drug-Induced Symptoms	Side Effects and Managements
Evidence-Based Medicine

• Meeting pharmacist's continuing education requirement.  Go to  Pharmacist's Contiuing Education directory. New CE modules are added to the site on regular basis.

• Finding information about a drug. Go to Drug Information Database, click on Drug Information Datasheets, if a brief monograph of a drug is all that is needed. For more detailed information of a drug, such as the clinical trials that have proven efficacy in certain indication, RxList Drug Information can be used.

• Checking for interactions of a list of patient's drugs. Go to Drug Interaction folder, click on one of the links, such as Drug Drug and Drug Food Interactions which gives detail explanation of the type of interaction, the severity, and the management tips. If a brief explanation is suffice, then Drugs.com - Drug Interaction Guide can be used instead.

• Checking if a drug can be used in renal insufficient patient and whether dosage adjustment is necessary. Go to Renal Dosing and click on Drug Prescribing in Renal Failure: Dosing Guidelines for Adults. Most drugs that need adjustment should be in this database. Otherwise, one can check Renal Impairment - WHO Model Formulary. Although this site does not specify how to adjust the dose when adjustment is necessary.

• Information about a parenteral drug such as dilution and compatibility. Go to Parenteral Therapy category. A number parenteral manuals are available. Under the same category, there is a site which allows for checking of syringe compatibility of common drugs, Syringe Compatibility of Parenteral Drugs.