Language is a systematic means or method of communicating ideas, events, or feelings. It is a combination of words or symbols used to encode and decode information. Medicine has a language to communicate information regarding the human body, its functions, diseases, tests, and procedures. This course explores the language of medicine, the rules of “language,” language mechanics that apply how to create words, define terms, and identify abbreviations. In addition to learning the fundamentals, the student will gain experience in writing, using the language of medicine, as well as interpreting that language into everyday English.

This course provides students the opportunity to learn by teaching, as they assist the laboratory instructor in facilitating student learning.

This course provides an opportunity for in-depth experiential learning through collaborative work on an independent research project.

This course introduces foundational principles of pharmacology with an emphasis on how pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic concepts guide medication therapy. This course will focus on medication classes used to manage disease states that affect the autonomic nervous system, cardiovascular, renal, and pulmonary systems. Emphasis is placed on mechanisms of action, therapeutic indications, side effects, contraindications, and clinical guidelines associated with the drug classes and individual medications used to manage these conditions. By the end of the course, students will be able to apply core pharmacologic principles to understand and evaluate medication use across a variety of clinical contexts.

This course is an upper division course on a topic of special interest that is not part of a formal curriculum. The course design may differ by topic or faculty member but will include prerequisites, contact hours, and examination/assessment procedures. The level of study is appropriate for students in their final two years of study.

This course provides an opportunity for in-depth experiential learning through collaborative work on an independent research project.

This is the second course in the Clinical Pharmacology course sequence that presents the physician assistant student with the necessary foundation of knowledge to safely and effectively prescribe medication for common and/or important disorders. Course content will complement material presented simultaneously in the Clinical Medicine II course including key concepts of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. These will be utilized to study medications relevant to treat human diseases.

This course introduces foundational principles of pharmacology with an emphasis on how pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic concepts guide medication therapy. This course will focus on medication classes used to manage disease states that affect the autonomic nervous system, cardiovascular, renal, and pulmonary systems. Emphasis is placed on mechanisms of action, therapeutic indications, side effects, contraindications, and clinical guidelines associated with the drug classes and individual medications used to manage these conditions. By the end of the course, students will be able to apply core pharmacologic principles to understand and evaluate medication use across a variety of clinical contexts.

This is the second course in the Clinical Pharmacology course sequence that presents the physician assistant student with the necessary foundation of knowledge to safely and effectively prescribe medication for common and/or important disorders. Course content will complement material presented simultaneously in the Clinical Medicine II course including key concepts of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. These will be utilized to study medications relevant to treat human diseases.