PAMS 6210 Pharmacotherapeutics I

This course is a study of the applied medical sciences of pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics and their application in clinical practice.  Students will be taught the appropriate selection and rational use of drugs for the prevention and treatment of diseases.  This course will include instruction in the acute and longitudinal management of infectious, dermatologic, hematologic, cardiac, and pulmonary diseases to include the preventive, acute, and chronic patient care situations. Students will be instructed in problem solving and medical decision-making skills while developing patient centered pharmacologic management plans for adult populations, with consideration for socioeconomic differences.  Students will be instructed on the delivery of patient education and the counseling of patients about medication adherence. This course follows along with the Clinical Disease and Prevention Course PAMS 6530.

Credits

2

Distribution

Physician Assistant