Pharmacotherapeutics

Course Description

The course exposes student to the importance of incorporating a patient's pharmacologic management into clinical decision making, prognosis and progression. Because of the evolving role of the physical therapist in the health care system, including primary care, students must recognize the importance and impact of pharmacologic effects on safe patient management. This course explores the essential principles of clinical pharmacology. Content includes pharmacokinetics, indications and contraindications of various drugs relative to their effect on diagnosis, prognosis and interventions in physical therapy. Specific pharmacologic categories covered in the course are cardiovascular medications, chemotherapeutic agents, NSAIDs, antirheumatic agents, pulmonary medications, pain management strategies, neuromuscular medications, ionto/phonophoresis agents, different classifications of steroids and diabetes management agents. Through interactive teaching-learning lecture and online methodologies, students critically review and analyze various clinical pharmacology issues at both the individual and societal levels. Discipline-specific assignments are used to correlate pharmacologic principles of particular relevance to a variety of health professions.

Code

PHTH 8145

Credits

2

Subject

PHTH