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Eligible: All
Months Offered: by arrangement
Course Description: Students may elect to study in depth a specific area in Pharmacology and Toxicology under the guidance of one or more faculty members most familiar with that specific area in order to expand their knowledge and understanding of selected areas of pharmacology and therapeutics.
Category: Non-Clinical/Research
Classification: 4 weeks
Contact: Department Faculty, Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Campus Coordinator
Eligible: All with faculty approval
Months Offered: by arrangement
Course Description:This course is designed to offer students the opportunity to participate in research programs being conducted by members of the faculty of the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology.
Category: Non-Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks (2 weeks credit)
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: All
Months Offered: All
Minimum enrollment: 3
Course Description: Students will interact with a faculty of pharmacologists, clinical pharmacologists and pharmacists, students will study rational approaches to drug therapy. Readings, discussions, and clinical case histories will be utilized. An additional goal of this course is for students to understand the process for clinical development of new drugs.
Category: Non-Clinical
Classification: 4 Weeks (2 weeks credit)
Contact: Clerkship Coordinator, Regional Coordinator
Eligible: All
Months Offered: by arrangement
Minimum enrollment: 1
Note: this course is currently offered on the Southwest Campus.
Course Description: Interacting with college of pharmacy faculty, clinical staff pharmacists, physicians, advance practice providers, nurses, respiratory therapists, clinical dietitians, and pharmacy students, the student will study rationale and evidence based approaches to drug therapy. Readings, discussions, and case presentations will be utilized. Topics to be covered include but are not limited to pharmacologic prevention of stress-related gastric mucosal injury and venous thromboembolism, management of pain, agitation, and delirium, various forms of hemodynamic monitoring, fluids and vasoactive agents, nutrition in critical illness, and acute kidney injury and considerations for drug dosing in continuous renal replacement therapy. Opportunities may exist to facilitate or provide lecture in a didactic setting to third year pharmacy students.
