Abstract

Mastery of pharmacokinetics is more important than ever.

To exercise the best possible judgment in patient care, medication plans should be selected for the maximum efficacy and safety for each individual patient.

Be confident in your approach with ASHP’s Basic & Applied Pharmacokinetics Self Assessment, a new resource from John E. Murphy, author of ASHP’s Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Fifth Edition, which offers questions and exercises with answers and detailed solutions to help gauge your understanding.

Whether you are a student, a new pharmacist, or a long-time practitioner, it is essential that you not only acquire and maintain your therapeutic knowledge, but also stay on top of new developments in pharmacokinetics.

This is a valuable review book designed to test skills for using equations and the application of pharmacokinetic parameters. It is the perfect book to review content you have learned and practiced, in addition to learning new areas not previously covered in your training.

As an added feature, the YouTube channel, Basic & Applied Pharmacokinetics Self Assessment Videos, is available as a complementary companion to the book, which includes a library of videos created by John Murphy to help you through the major pain points and help further support your self assessment.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
John E. Murphy, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP, is Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Science and Associate Dean for Academic and Professional Affairs at the College of Pharmacy, and Professor of Clinical, Family, and Community Medicine at the College of Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Dr. Murphy previously served as Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the College of Pharmacy from 1991 to 2006. He is also an Honorary Professor at the University of Otago School of Pharmacy in Dunedin, New Zealand. John received his bachelor of science in pharmacy and doctor of pharmacy degrees from the University of Florida, where he was a recipient of the Distinguished Pharmacy Alumnus Award in 1998. John spent 12 years on the faculty at Mercer University in Atlanta, where he also served as Director of Pharmacokinetic Services at a 500-bed medical center.

Long active in pharmacy organizations, Dr. Murphy was President of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) in 2008-2009 and President of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) in 1997–1998.

Dr. Murphy has published over 200 papers and book chapters, more than 100 abstracts, five editions of the textbook Clinical Pharmacokinetics, ACCP’s Resident Survival Guide, and is co-editor of the upcoming eighth edition of ACCP’s Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment Program. John was co-director of the University of Arizona’s NIH K30 Clinical Research Training Program (AzCRTP) from 2000–2005 and an investigator for over 10 years in their Center for Education and Research in Therapeutics grant. His research interests include preventing drug–drug interactions, pharmacy education, and clinical pharmacokinetics. Among various professional and teaching awards received over the years, John was honored with the Harvey A. K. Whitney Lecture award from ASHP in 2014, the Education Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy in 2012, and the Award for Sustained Contributions to the Literature of Pharmacy Practice from the ASHP Foundation in 2003.