PA 527 Clinical Pharmacology II
This is the second course of a two-course series which must be taken sequentially. It offers continued study of the essentials of pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacodynamics, and applicable biomechanisms as applied to the care and treatment of pediatric, adult and geriatric patients. The course utilizes case studies to develop critical thinking in considering treatment guidelines and indications and contraindications of medications. Topics include vitamins and supplements, toxicology, poisons and antidotes, cancer chemotherapeutics, immunomodulators, endocrine drugs, and central nervous system drugs including pain medications and drugs of abuse.