PHA 507 - Pharmacotherapy and Pathophysiology I

4 Hour(s)

Therapeutic and drug product selection including issues of efficacy, potential toxicities, side effects, compliance, monitoring parameters, drug interactions, contraindications and cost will be studied. Pathophysiology will be presented as it relates to disease states and the therapeutic mechanisms of treatment. The student will develop a rational approach to the selection of medications to be prescribed, and studies of medications used in the treatment of acute and chronic illnesses across the lifespan. Pharmacotherapy and Pathophysiology I runs concurrently with Clinical Medicine I and focuses on the therapeutics associated with disease states presented in Clinical Medicine. Some information will be presented in a case study format using patient scenarios to develop clinical pharmacology knowledge.

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Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of all courses in the summer term.