4 credit hours
This course is the second in a series of three courses in a sequence designed to run concurrently with and to complement Clinical Medicine II. It is designed to prepare the student for the clinical study of and use of therapeutics by providing knowledge of 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. The course will also include principles of altered dynamic/kinetic properties genetics and across the lifespan. Areas of study will include medicines for neurologic, cardiac, pulmonary, renal dosing and conditions, and gastrointestinal conditions.