ME588: Clinical Pharmacology

A review of the principles of pharmacology and discussion of how to apply these principles to patient care situations will be undertaken in preparation for students to enter clinical rotations. Common side effects of prototypic drugs in major categories, drug side effects and drug-drug interactions, the interaction of drugs with the disease state under treatment, polypharmacy, and reputable sources of information about drugs will be explored. Pharmacological management of acute and chronic diseases will be discussed and prescription writing will be reviewed and practiced in concert with the Clinical Reasoning III course.