PROFESSIONAL STUDENT COURSES
The Department of Pharmacology provides courses at the graduate level, for professional students and the faculty contribute to a variety of undergraduate courses. An overview of the graduate courses is found in the Graduate Program Section.
The professional courses include:
Medical Pharmacology.
An introduction to pharmacology mainly for second year medical students. Provides a basic understanding of pharmacology as a foundation for clinical education in the appropriate use of drugs. This course includes lectures, clinical correlations and small group problem discussions. Major topics covered include principles of pharmacology (pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics), autonomic, cardiovascular, CNS, gastrointestional, renal, endocrin-, immuno- and cancer pharmacology and toxicology.
Dental Pharmacology.
The scope of this course is to provide an introduction to pharmacology mainly for second year dental students. The content includes principles of pharmacology covering pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, drug classification focusing on prototypes, mechanism of action, drug interactions and toxicity, and the impact of pharmacology on the practice of Dentistry.
Physician Assistant Pharmacology.
This course provides a basic understanding of pharmacology, including general principles, drug classification, drug use, mechanism of action and major side effects. The course includes lectures and clinical correlations with the latter used to help the students develop the necessary skills to integrate basic knowledge in the clinical care setting.
Unsolved Problems in Therapy.
This elective course is mainly for fourth year medical students. The goals of the course are to identify, investigate and discuss some of the major problems for which current therapy is far from adequate. The approach is mutltidisciplinary and involves relevant basic and clinical science faculty. Student research will involve an evaluation of ongoing clinical trials, FDA activity, current research in the area and pharmaceutical industry strategies. Each discussion will provide a review of the pathophysiology, significance of the problem, mechanisms and risk and benefit of current therapeutic options. Example topics may include depression, neurodegenerative diseases, chronic inflammation and pain, coronary artery disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity and delayed wound healing.
Junior Honors Pharmacology.
This course is intended mainly for upper level undergraduates students who have been selected to attend medical school. The content consists of student seminars on selected areas in pharmacology. Students work one on one with faculty members to develop a presentation on the assigned topic and learn approaches to lead focused discussions. Some of the topics include the history of pharmacology, cardiovascular, renal, autonomic, endocrine and cancer pharmacology.
Location: http://www.med.ufl.edu/pharm/grad_program/profstudent.shtml