Integrated Series 5 - Immunology, Rheumatology, and Dermatology

Catalog description

This integrated course will include a study of basic immunology as well as the fundamental principles related to clinical immunology and drugs used to treat immunological diseases. In this course, a study of the basic principles of drug action is presented for specific drug classes including: the chemical properties, mechanisms of drug action, and routes of administration, clinical uses, disposition, contraindications, adverse reactions, clinically significant drug interactions, and drug disease interaction. Anatomy, pathophysiology, and physical assessment concepts will be reviewed for the immune, integumentary, and musculoskeletal systems. Additionally, pharmacology, therapeutics, clinical pharmacokinetics, patient care, alternative/complementary therapies, pharmacoeconomic issues, medication use in special populations, and a review of pertinent drug literature and clinical guidelines will be studied as they relate to the immune, integumentary, and musculoskeletal systems.