3 credit hours
This course is the third in a series of three courses in a sequence designed to run concurrently with and to complement Clinical Medicine I – III. This course will also complement the Behavioral Medicine course with the coverage of behavioral health medications. It is designed to prepare students for the clinical study of and use of therapeutics by providing knowledge about the the way drugs modify biological function. It includes a systematic study of the effects of drugs on different organ systems and disease processes, the mechanisms by which drugs produce their therapeutic and toxic effects, and the factors influencing their absorption, distribution, and biological actions. Areas of study will include medicines for hematology, oncology, endocrinology, pediatric pharmacology, psychiatric medications, drugs of abuse, geriatric pharmacology, and drugs used in the reproductive system.