PAS 7201 PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS 1 (1)

The first of five comprehensive pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics courses designed to provide knowledge and understanding of the effects of medications on the conditions and diseases in the dermatologic, eye, ears, nose, throat, and endocrine systems. Topics are synchronized with and correlative to the Clinical Medicine 1 course and the Anatomy and Physiology with Lab I course to allow clinical integration. Learn the mechanism of medications with the listed systems. Describe and explain the general principles of the effects of medications on the dermatologic, eye, ears, nose, throat, and endocrine systems and disease processes. Describe and explain the mechanism by which medications produce their therapeutic and toxic effects and the factors influencing their absorption, distribution, and biological actions. This course will use lectures and case-based learning.