PHA - 520 Principles of Clinical Pharmacology I

This is the first in a two-part course series designed provide students with an intensive study of the pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics principles required for patient care. Emphasis in the course is placed on the applications of pharmacological principles in primary care medicine. This course is organ system-based; the topics discussed will mirror the major organ systems covered in Clinical Medicine II. Pharmacological principles discussed in this course include the following: principles of pharmacology and drug action; pharmacokinetics and dynamics; drug dosage calculation; the usage profile for major classes of clinically important drugs, including indications, contraindications and side effects and dosing and administration; principles of drug selection and assessment of therapeutic efficacy and outcome. Offered: fall. Retake Counts for Credit: No. Credit(s): 3