30:725:470 · Pharmacy Practice and Administration · School 30 — New Brunswick Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

Medical Literature Evaluation And Application

This course builds a foundation for responding to drug-information requests and critically evaluating primary literature. Rutgers places it in the second professional year of the Pharm.D. curriculum.

2
credits
Typical seasons: Fall
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Can I take it?

No prerequisites listed

Rutgers Schedule of Classes

Students rate teaching

4.01 / 5

SIRS · 2,906 responses · 2014–2024

Fall 2026

1 section

1 open in snapshot · 1 instructor

When it meets

F 11:00 AM

Busch

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Who’s teaching it — Fall 2026

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Jimmy Gonzalez

F 11:00 AM · Busch · 1 section · 1 open

Course SIRS teaching4.13/5

Course guide

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Is this for me?

Best for

Students who want practice answering drug-information questions and judging what primary research can support.

Tough if

You prefer not to work closely with primary research or assess the strength of its findings.

What you actually need

The Rutgers catalog lists statistics and second professional year standing as prerequisites; the school curriculum schedules the course in that year.

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What you’ll learn

2 units · topic sequence may vary by instructor

1
Responding to drug-information requests
Build the foundation for finding and communicating information in response to drug questions.
drug-information requestsevidence for a response
2
Evaluating primary literature
Develop the ability to critically assess primary research when considering an answer to a drug-information question.
primary literaturecritical evaluation

Do well in it

Common pitfall

Treating a published study as sufficient support for an answer without critically evaluating it.

Instead

Assess the primary literature before using it to respond to a drug-information request.

1. Refresh core statistics concepts, which Rutgers lists as a prerequisite.
2. Practice turning a drug question into a focused information request.
3. When reading a primary study, identify its question and assess how well its evidence supports a conclusion.

Sources & coverage

Researched and independently reviewed · 3 sources · 7/15 fields found · 1 source conflict

Rutgers 2025–26 New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog PDF: Pharmacy Practice and Administration, page 437 · official · retrieved 2026-10-02 · 2025-2026 · historical
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy curriculum · official · retrieved 2026-10-02
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy pre-professional and Pharm.D. curriculum, revised April 2, 2025 · official · retrieved 2026-10-02 · 2025-04-02 · historical

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atAGlance.weeklyHours: not-found · The syllabus searches did not surface an accessible course syllabus with outside-class hour guidance; the Reddit search returned no course-specific student discussion.
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courseRatings: not-found · No independent course-specific student sources were found to corroborate any of the ten perception dimensions. Department-level SIRS aggregates do not identify this course and were not used as course ratings.
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assessment: not-found · Searches for the current and recent-term syllabus did not locate an accessible assessment breakdown.
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fit.bestFor: found · Fit is limited to the catalog's stated purpose: answering drug-information requests and evaluating primary literature.
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fit.toughIf: found · A course-specific challenge can be inferred narrowly from its stated focus on critically evaluating primary literature; no workload or difficulty claim is made.
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prerequisitesInPractice: found · The 2025-26 Rutgers catalog lists statistics and second-professional-year standing. The current school curriculum independently places the course in the second professional year.
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instructorVariation: not-found · No accessible course syllabi or course-specific student accounts were found for comparing instructors or terms.
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chapters: found · The catalog supports two broad course aims. They are presented as complementary areas, not as a dated or week-by-week sequence.
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commonPitfalls: found · Practical cautions are framed around the catalog's stated critical-appraisal objective, not attributed to student reports.
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prepPlan: found · Preparation suggestions are limited to refreshing the catalog-listed statistics prerequisite and practicing the two catalog-stated tasks.
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studentPerspective: not-found · Searches returned no course-specific student discussion suitable for summarizing.
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materials: not-found · No accessible syllabus or official course page listing required materials was found.
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credits: conflict · The 2025-26 catalog lists 3 credits, while the Rutgers School of Pharmacy curriculum lists 2. The candidate avoids asserting a credit value.
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Fall 2026 sections

1 open · Busch

Section	Status	Instructor	Meeting	Campus
0121752	Open	Jimmy Gonzalez	Friday 11:00 AM-12:50 PM at PH 130PH 130	Busch

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Teaching

4.01

Course quality

3.73

Response rate

24.1%

Coverage

32 offerings · 2014–2024

Instructor	Offerings	Teaching	Quality
Jimmy Gonzalez	4	4.13	3.73
Cruz J.	3	4.17	3.93
Emily Aboujaoude	3	4.00	3.77
Fahim G.	2	4.00	4.00
Daniel Abazia	2	4.15	3.90
Hermes-Desantis E.	2	3.75	3.75

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Busch

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1 open of 1

Catalog terms

Fall

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Medical Literature Evaluation And Application

Who’s teaching it — Fall 2026

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Is this for me?

Best for

Tough if

What you actually need

What you’ll learn

Responding to drug-information requests

Evaluating primary literature

Do well in it

Treating a published study as sufficient support for an answer without critically evaluating it.

Sources & coverage

Fall 2026 sections

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Medical Literature Evaluation And Application

Who’s teaching it — Fall 2026

Course guide

Is this for me?

Best for

Tough if

What you actually need

What you’ll learn

Responding to drug-information requests

Evaluating primary literature

Do well in it

Treating a published study as sufficient support for an answer without critically evaluating it.

Sources & coverage

Fall 2026 sections

SIRS teaching signals

Course stats

Prerequisites

Degree requirement lists

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