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/
- Can also cross reference with IDSA, Therapeutic Choices (Canada), BNF, local guidelines, etc.
- TB https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/treatment/tbdisease.htm
- COPD - https://goldcopd.org/
- Asthma - https://ginasthma.org/
- Department of Health https://www.dh.gov.hk/eindex.html
- CVD - ACC/AHA, NICE.org.uk
https://www.acc.org/.../2019-acc-aha-guideline-on-primary... - Atrial Fibrillation https://www.escardio.org/.../Atrial-Fibrillation-Management (2020)
- Hypertension https://www.fhb.gov.hk/.../professionals_hypertension_pdf...
- Heart Failure - ESC (2021) https://www.escardio.org/.../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/.../125_2018_4729_Fig2...
- HK guidelines for diabetes https://www.fhb.gov.hk/.../professionals_diabetes_pdf.html
- Statins https://www.acc.org/.../Guidelines-Made-Simple-Tool-2018...
- Hong Kong Reference Framework for Primary Healthcare https://www.healthbureau.gov.hk/pho/main/frameworks.html...
- Liver and Kidney disease: NIDDK https://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- Hepatitis B (HK): https://www.hepatitis.gov.hk/.../guidelines...
- Sepsis guidelines (2021) https://link.springer.com/.../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.handwrittentutorials.com/videos.php
- Hospital Authority Drug Formulary (to give you an idea of which drugs are used in HK) https://www.ha.org.hk/.../Updated-HA.../Drug-Formulary.html
- Wikipedia Reference ranges for blood tests https://en.wikipedia.org/.../Reference_ranges_for_blood...
- 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/.../pii/S1530891X20428277
- Good Manufacturing Guide GMP - Part 1, 2, and annexes
- Anaesthetic gases https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537013/
Open Anaesthesia
https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/14/3/106/340726 - Registration application pack from the PPB: https://www.ppbhk.org.hk/.../registra.../qualifications.html
- Permitted calculators: https://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/hkdse/admin/student_s_handbook/