Pharmacology

Catalog description

Core Pharmacology is an introductory series of lectures designed to orient medical students to the effects of drugs on humans in both normal and pathologic states. The first portion of the course deals with general principles in pharmacology, including drug absorption, distribution, match elimination, pharmacodynamics, and autonomic pharmacology. The second portion of the course focuses on chemotherapeutic agents used in pharmacological principles previously presented. Concepts and principles, which are important for the rational evaluation and utilization of drugs, are introduced for application in future clinical scenarios. Pharmacotherapeutics is included throughout to complement subsequent presentations.