Suggested references/resources
Some suggested references for pharmacology/pharmacy practice studying (not exhaustive):
List of possible exam topics from the PPB: https://www.ppbhk.org.hk/.../registrati.../examinations.html
- The past papers
- Your university notes and text books
- Pharmacology - Rang and Dale or Lippincott's
- British National Formulary (BNF)
- Australian Medical Handbook (AMH)
- Aulton's Pharmaceutics
- Electronic Medicines Compendium https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/
- https://www.mims.com/hongkong
- Antibiotics: http://impact.chp.gov.hk/
- Heart Failure - ESC (2021) https://www.escardio.org/Guidelines/Clinical-Practice-Guidelines/Acute-and-Chronic-Heart-Failure https://www.jacc.org/doi/pdf/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.11.022
- Diabetes - EASD-ADA, NICE https://media.springernature.com/original/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1007%2Fs00125-018-4729-5/MediaObjects/125_2018_4729_Fig2_HTML.png
- Hong Kong Reference Framework for Primary Healthcare includes hypertension, diabetes, lipid control, and osteoporosis https://www.healthbureau.gov.hk/pho/main/frameworks.html?lang=2
- Liver and Kidney disease: NIDDK https://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- Hepatitis B (HK): https://www.hepatitis.gov.hk/english/health_professionals/guidelines_recommendations.html
- Sepsis guidelines (2021) https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00134-021-06506-y.pdf
- Cancer: Cancer Research UK, Cancer.org
- WHO https://www.who.int/health-topics/#I
- CDC https://www.cdc.gov/
- Videos https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV2c5vgFcf591rZPv6VDkXA
- Hospital Authority Drug Formulary (to give you an idea of which drugs are used in HK) https://www.ha.org.hk/hadf/en-us/Updated-HA-Drug-Formulary/Drug-Formulary.html
- Wikipedia Reference ranges for blood tests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_ranges_for_blood_tests
- Major drug interactions (not exhaustive) https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2019/0501/p558.html
- Osteoporosis - American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1530891X20428277
- Good Manufacturing Guide GMP - Part 1, 2, and annexes https://picscheme.org/en/publications?tri=gmp#zone
- Anaesthetic gases https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537013/
https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/14/3/106/340726 - Radiopharmacy https://eanm.org/publications/guidelines/overview/radiopharmacy/
- Registration application pack from the PPB: https://www.ppbhk.org.hk/eng/registration_pharmacists/qualifications.html
- Permitted calculators: https://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/admin/student_s_handbook/