Mar 28, 2024  
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HST 210 - Pharmacology


This course provides an introduction to the clinical concepts of pharmacology, relevant and useful to a variety of health science curricula. Students will gain an understanding of the major drug classifications, uses, side effects, adverse effects, contraindications, and interactions used to treat and prevent disease, and maintain homeostasis for each of the body systems. Basic principles of medication administration, pharmaceutical mathematics, and the use of the scientific reasoning and method during the drug development and approval process from clinical trials, testing, to market approval of the process of drug development to FDA approval.

Prerequisite- Corequisite
Prerequisites: BIO 101 Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology, BIO 102 Foundations of Biology for Anatomy & Physiology, BIO 131 Anatomy & Physiology I, or permission of chair

 

Credits: 3
Hours
3 Class Hours
Course Profile
Learning Outcomes of the Course:

Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

  1. Describe methods of drug classification, controlled substance schedules, and pregnancy categories.
  2. Describe the FDA approval process for new medications, and the regulations related to medications, herbs, and supplements.
  3. Identify medication rights, guidelines, routes, and techniques of safe medication administration.
  4. Identify drug classifications, indications for use, side effects, contraindications, and how drugs affect the various body systems, including:  nervous; urinary; cardiovascular; immune; respiratory; gastrointestinal; endocrine; reproductive; musculoskeletal; integumentary; and the eye and ear.
  5. Demonstrate ability to apply knowledge of mathematical computations to solve equations related to medication dosages.
  6. Demonstrate how scientific reasoning and scientific method are applied, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and application of data analysis/scientific data are applied during the drug development, clinical trial, and drug approval phase.