The ACRL IS Information Literacy in the Disciplines Committee has gathered links and citations to information literacy standards and curricula developed by accrediting agencies, professional associations, and institutions of higher education in Pharmacy.
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. “Standard 6: Resources.” Accreditation Standards and Key Elements for the Professional Program in Pharmacy Leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy Degree (Standards 2025).
The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Curricular Outcomes and Entrustable Professional Activities (COEPA) 2022
[Refer to previous document Center for the Advancement of Pharmacy Education (CAPE) educational outcomes 2013]
Association of College and Research Libraries STS Task Force on Information Literacy for Science and Technology. “Information Literacy Standards for Science and Engineering/Technology.”
Bhat, Shivananda, and Mahabaleshwara Rao. 2016. “Assessing the Effectiveness of Information Literacy Instruction Program: Pre and Post Evaluation Case Study.” Library Philosophy and Practice. (2016).
Borja-Hart, Nancy L., and Bethany G. Leachman. “Drug Information Resources Used by Chain Community Pharmacists in Tennessee.” Journal of Pharmacy Technology 32, no. 5 (2016): 185–90.
Chatfield, Amy J., and Rebecca M. Romero. “RESEARCH ARTICLE: Teaching Information Literacy Concepts in Pharmaceutics through Video”. Pharmacy Education 21 (2021): 487-494. https://doi.org/10.46542/pe.2021.211.487494
Chiarella, Deborah, et al. “Information Literacy Skills Retention Over the First Professional Year of Pharmacy School.” Medical Reference Services Quarterly 33, no. 3 (2014): 302-312.
Clairoux, Natalie, Sylvie Desbiens, Monique Clar, Patrice Dupont, and Monique St-Jean. “Integrating Information Literacy in Health Sciences Curricula: A Case Study from Québec.” Health Information & Libraries Journal 30, no. 3 (2013): 201–11.
Conlogue Bridget, "Information Literacy Instruction for Pharmacy Students: A Pharmacy Librarian Reflects on a Year of Teaching." Journal of the Medical Library Association 107 no.1, (2019): 98-102.
Davis, Lindsay E. “A Workshop Series Using Peer-Grading to Build Drug Information, Writing, Critical-Thinking, and Constructive Feedback Skills.” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 78, no. 10 (2014).
Davis, P., P. Long, D. Adams, S. Corliss, M. Liu, E. McKelroy, K. Tothero, J. Walker, and K. Ziai. “Use of Adaptive Learning to Prepare First-Year Pharmacy Students: Our Experience.” In 2016 IEEE 16th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 72–74.
Duncan, Vicky, Sherri Vokey, Shannon Gordon, Melissa Helwig, and Trish Chatterley. “Mobile Device Use in Pharmacy: A Multi-Institutional Study.” Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l’Association Des Bibliothèques de La Santé Du Canada 36, no. 3 (2015).
Elliott, Whitney V., Katie J. Suda, Leslie A. Hamilton, Kiana Y. Curry, and Debbie C. Byrd. “Impact of Elimination of Learner-Centered Assignments on Students’ Performance in and Evaluation of a Drug Information and Literature Evaluation Course.” Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning 6, no. 4 (2014): 483–87.
Fox, Brent I., Allen Flynn, Kevin A. Clauson, Terry L. Seaton, and Elizabeth Breeden. “An Approach for All in Pharmacy Informatics Education.” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 81, no. 2 (2017): 38.
Franzen, Susan, and Colleen M. Bannon. “Merging Information Literacy and Evidence-Based Practice in an Undergraduate Health Sciences Curriculum Map.” Communications in Information Literacy 10, no. 2 (2016).
Freiburger, Gary, Jennifer R. Martin, and Annabelle V. Nuñez. “An Embedded Librarian Program: Eight Years On.” Medical Reference Services Quarterly 35, no. 4 (2016): 388–96.
Gardner, Alice, Monina R. Lahoz, Irena Bond, and Len Levin. “Assessing the Effectiveness of an Evidence-Based Practice Pharmacology Course Using the Fresno Test.” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 80, no. 7 (2016).
Ghaibi, Shadi, Heather Ipema, and Michael Gabay. “ASHP Guidelines on the Pharmacist’s Role in Providing Drug Information.” American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 72, no. 7 (2015): 573–77.
Haruna, Hussein, and Xiao Hu. “International Trends in Designing Electronic Health Information Literacy for Health Sciences Students: A Systematic Review of the Literature.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship 44, no. 2 (2018): 300–312.
King, Samuel B., and Mariana Lapidus. “Metropolis Revisited: The Evolving Role of Librarians in Informatics Education for the Health Professions.” Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA 103, no. 1 (2015): 14–18.
Kiselev, Yury. “Experience with Introducing Flipped Classroom and an Online Assessment Tool in Teaching Biochemistry and Cell Biology for Bachelor Students in Pharmacy.” Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), (2017): 181–86.
Koffel, Jonathan, and Shannon Reidt. “An Interprofessional Train-the-Trainer Evidence-Based Practice Workshop: Design and Evaluation.” Journal of Interprofessional Care 29, no. 4 (2015): 367–69.
Liu, Min. “Using Technology to Support Active Learning and Group Collaboration in a Multi-Campus Environment,” Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), (2015): 1821–30.
Lwoga, Edda Tandi, and Felix Sukums. “Health Sciences Faculty Usage Behaviour of Electronic Resources and Their Information Literacy Practices.” Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication 67, no. 1/2 (2018): 2–18.
MacLure, Katie, and Derek Stewart. “Digital Literacy Knowledge and Needs of Pharmacy Staff: A Systematic Review.” Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics 23, no. 3 (2016): 560–71.
Martin, Linda Gore, Terri L. Warholak, Ana L. Hincapie, Tyler Gallo, and Andrea L. Kjos. “Health Informatics Competencies for Pharmacists in Training.” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Preprint, (2018).
Miller, Donald R., and Stefanie J. Jangula. “Confirmation Bias as a Factor in Pharmacy Student Assessment of Research Study Quality.” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Preprint, (2018).
Moreau, Cynthia, and Debbie L. Wilson. “Review of Continuing Education and Published Literature Related to Women’s Health and Pharmacy.” Journal of Pharmacy Technology 31, no. 2 (2015): 69–77.
Néri, Eugenie Desirèe Rabelo, Assuero Silva Meira, Hemerson Bruno da Silva Vasconcelos, David John Woods, and Marta Maria de França Fonteles. “Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes of Hospital Pharmacists in the Use of Information Technology and Electronic Tools to Support Clinical Practice: A Brazilian Survey.” PLOS ONE 12, no. 12 (2017): e0189918.
O’Sullivan, Teresa A., Jennifer Phillips, and Kendra Demaris. “Medical Literature Evaluation Education at US Schools of Pharmacy.” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 80, no. 1 (2016).
Reidt, Shannon, Keri Hager, James Beattie, Amy Pittenger, Maureen Smith, and Kristin Janke. “From Drug Literature Evaluation to Evidence-Based Medicine: Transforming the Focus of a First Year Pharmacy Curriculum.” INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy 7, no. 2 (2016).
See Wan, Ong, Mohamed Azmi Hassali, and Fahad Saleem. “Community Pharmacists’ Perspectives of Online Health-Related Information: A Qualitative Insight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.” Health Information Management Journal. Preprint, (2017).
Wallace, Rick, Emily C. Weyant, and Nakia J. Woodward. “Using Checklists to Rethink Library Resources and Services Training.” Journal of Hospital Librarianship 17, no. 2 (2017): 125–36.
Wittman, Deborah, Craig Kovera, Maureen Sullivan, and Martha M. Rumore. “Incorporating a Drug Information Consult into a Pharmacy Practice Course to Build Literature Search and Evaluation Skills Through a 3-Stage Model.” Journal of Pharmacy Practice 30, no. 3 (2017): 306–12.
Wu, Lin, and Joel Thornton. “Experience, Challenges, and Opportunities of Being Fully Embedded in a User Group.” Medical Reference Services Quarterly 36, no. 2 (2017): 138–49.
Zainal, Imas Nur Amelia, Nur Amirah Abd Karim, Yee Chang Soh, Amal K. Suleiman, Tahir Mehmood Khan, Mohammed Abdul Hameed, Long Chiau Ming, and Qi Ying Lean. “Key Elements of Pharmacoinformatics for the Degrees of Bachelor and Master of Pharmacy.” Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science 51, no. 4 (2017): 419–25.
