Therapeutics I

Catalog description

This course is the first of a two part series covering therapeutic interventions on the clinical disease topics covered in the Clinical Medicine Course Series. This course is specifically paired with the disease topics covered in PA 622 (Clinical Medicine 1). These interventions will cover therapeutic care across the life span from prenatal through elderly to include preventive, emergent, acute, chronic, rehabilitative, palliative and end-of-life care. Focus will be on drug class, indication, contraindications, dosing, adverse reactions, drug interactions, safety/monitoring, pharmacology, cost, compliance, and alternatives.