PHARM 207 - MEDICINAL PHARMACOLOGY

[5 Credits]

The course is designed to present the student with a broad overview of pharmacology with an emphasis on its application to the practice of medicine. The objective of this course is to provide the student with a basis for understanding pharmacology of drug therapy, pharmacokinetics, drug metabolism, and clinical aspects of drug pharmacokinetics. The course will be taught so that students understand specific drug mechanisms of action, understand critical drug-drug interactions, understand the basis and mechanisms for adverse effects from treatment and understand the clinical applications or spectrum of activity for therapeutic use.