PAS 7203 PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAUPEUTICS 3 (1)

The third of five comprehensive pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics courses is designed to provide knowledge and understanding of the effects of medications on the conditions and diseases in gastrointestinal/nutrition, genitourinary, nephrology, and urology systems. Topics are synchronized with and correlative to the Clinical Medicine 3 course and the Anatomy and Physiology with Lab III course to allow clinical integration. Learn the mechanism of medications within the listed systems. Describe and explain the general principles of the effects of medications on gastrointestinal/nutrition, genitourinary, nephrology, and urology 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.