ILE 1 Systematic Approach to DI Exam Review 2024/2025

ILE 1 Systematic Approach to DI Exam Review 2024/2025 steps of the systematic approach to answering DI requests - ANS-1. collect requestor information 2. collect pt background info 3. determine ultimate question and classify 4. develop strategy & systemically search literature 5. evaluate and synthesize data 6. formulate response 7. evaluate your response 8. provide response and follow-up with requestor importance of knowing the requestor's knowledge of the subject and knowing why the requestor asked the question when determining background information - ANS-whether the requestor is a health care professional or consumer it helps to decide whether to use lay language or technical language, and help you provide an adequate response to the requestor. significance of developing an accurate "ultimate question" and demonstrate how this is done - ANSConsumers or patients may have a hard time phrasing the question. You will need to determine what exactly the patient is asking -- or the ultimate question. Your ultimate question should be open-ended and include all specifics for you to answer the question. You often will not know the ultimate question until you begin asking background questions to further understand what the requestor really wants to know. While you are having a conversation with the requestor it is importantto uncover why the question is being asked. The best example of this isa requestor asking about an untoward effect of a drug. You should askif there is patient who is experiencing this effect since you may need to ask more in-depth questions if a patient is involved. Additionally, the requestor may also need the answer in a timely fashion. Based on the requestor's need and background information you gather, the original question asked by the requestor may or may not be the question you need to answer. You will need to determine the ultimate question to be answered. Demonstrate how to classify a DI question and explain the importance of this step. - ANS-Classifying the question helps you to determinewhere to look for an answer. Youshould begin your search with tertiary resources, followed by secondary, and lastly primary. examples: Adverse drug reaction Availability Complementary & Alternative Medicine Dosing and administration Drug interactions (drug-drug, drug-herb, etc.) Drug of choice/therapeutics General information Identification/foreign drug Investigational/orphan drug Pharmaceutics (stability, etc.) Pharmacoeconomics Pharmacokinetics Pregnancy and lactation Toxicology develop and execute an organized search strategy - ANS-