This course builds upon the students’ understanding of pharmacology, providing practical experience of medical therapeutics in a case-based format. The fundamentals of pharmacokinetics and pharmaceutical preparations including drug actions and interactions are presented. The student must be able to understand the mechanism of action of common classes of medications and be able to evaluate basic pharmacological data. Included is a survey of the interactions between drugs and living systems. This course also includes all major classes of therapeutic medications used in clinical practice in the treatment of disease processes. The clinical component will provide students with the necessary background to practice rational drug therapy as it applies to clinical practice.
(12 credits; 140 hrs. Lecture)Prerequisite: Successful completion of all courses in semesters 1–3
MED 802 – Pathology I
This first section of a two-semester comprehensive curriculum is an introduction to the responses of cells, tissues and organs to major disease processes. Also including definitions, etiology, gross and microscopic lesions, and pathogenesis by means of lectures and laboratory demonstrations. Emphasis on basic concepts and principles of disease processes.
(11 credits; 137 hrs. Lecture/Lab) Prerequisite: Successful completion of all courses in semesters 1–3
MED 806 – Doctor/Patient Relationship IV
This course is designed to help prepare the student for the clinical phase of medical school education. Lectures and demonstrations will review and reinforce the communication, professionalism, interviewing, screening physical and neurological examination skills learned in previous semesters of the Doctor Patient Relationship courses. Students will practice these skills in small groups in Clinical Skills Laboratory with individual physicians. At the completion of this course the student will be able to communicate their conclusions, and the knowledge and rationale underpinning these, to specialist and nonspecialist audiences clearly and unambiguously; and the student will have the learning skills to allow them to continue to study in a manner that may be largely self-directed or autonomous.
(5 credits; 88 hrs. Lecture/Lab) Prerequisite: Successful completion of all courses in semesters 1–3
