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Drug information education is an expectation of all pharmacy curricula. The inconsistencies in current drug information instruction stimulated the creation of an invitational conference with the purpose of defining a set of objectives for didactic and experiential drug information instruction for the year 2000. Twenty-three drug information educators and practitioners participated in the conference. After the adoption of a set of assumptions and through the development of consensus, the conference participants created a goal, general educational objectives, and broad didactic and experiential course outlines. The work of the conference can be used in the development of new courses or the refinement of existing drug information courses in colleges of pharmacy.

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Drug information education Pharmacy education Educational objectives

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Consensus-Derived Objectives for Drug Information Education

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