CAS 812 Applied Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Calculations

Catalog description

This course covers applied clinical pharmacokinetics and calculations, primarily in case -based format. Focus areas include applications of PK in critical care, antibiotics, behavioral health and antiepileptic agents, nutrition supplementation (including Total Parenteral Nutrition), pediatrics, neonatal, nutrient deficiency and excess in infants and children, as well as practical application of biostatistics, epidemiological and pharmacoeconomic measures. The student will need to integrate physiologic, pathophysiologic, pharmacologic, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetic, laboratory monitoring, and pharmacotherapeutic principles to assess and/or formulate disease specific pharmacotherapy care plans. The course will focus on optimizing drug therapy drug therapy through the design, recommendation, implementation, monitoring, and modification of individualized pharmacotherapeutic plans using updated pharmacologic principles, clinical recommendations, and evidence -based guidelines.…