Clinical Therapeutics IV

Clinical Therapeutics IV (PAS 225) is the fourth course of a 4-part series focused on pharmacology and clinical therapeutics. The pharmacology component will focus on mechanism of action, clinical use, contraindications, adverse reactions, and clinically significant drug interactions of various drug classes. The clinical therapeutics component will focus on medical management of diseases with an emphasis on patient specific drug management. Discipline-specific topics include: 1) Pharmacology: Mechanism of action, clinical use, contraindications, adverse reactions, and clinically significant drug interactions of various drug classes/drugs. 2) Clinical Therapeutics: Disease-state management: Headache, stroke, sleep disorders, delirium, Parkinson's, venous thromboembolism, epilepsy, schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, anxiety disorder, chronic pain management, and oncology drugs. This course is offered to students enrolled in the Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies program only. Prerequisite: Successful completion of PAS 224.