PAS 7205 PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS 5 (1)

The final comprehensive pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics courses in a series of five are designed to provide knowledge and understanding of the effects of medications on the conditions and diseases in the musculoskeletal, orthopedic, rheumatologic, and neurological systems. Topics are synchronized with and correlative to the Clinical Medicine 5 course and the Anatomy and Physiology with Lab V 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 the musculoskeletal, orthopedic, rheumatologic, psychiatry and neurological 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.