Department:    PHARM

 Course #:    132

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 Course Description  

Use and side effects of prescription medications, nonprescription medications, and alternative therapies commonly used to treat diseases affecting the various systems of the human body including psychiatric disorders.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: PHARM 130, PHARM 131; AHE 102 and 112 with a minimum C grade; concurrent enrollment in PHARM 133 and completion of or concurrent enrollment in AHE 118, OFTEC 162 and ENGL 170 with a minimum C grade.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory Required for certificate  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Name an example of a medication in any given drug class.
2. For the top 100 Rx drugs, describe major therapeutic effects as well as potential adverse effects and important drug interactions for each.
3. Given a patient’s drug regimen, explain how each medication relates to the patient’s medical diagnoses.
4. Identify drugs as Rx, controlled substance or OTC.
5. Give the generic names of top 100 proprietary drugs.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

2. Critical Thinking

Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
2.6 Recognize how the value and biases in different disciplines can affect the ways in which data is analyzed.

4. Community & Cultural Diversity

Definition: Recognizing the value of human communities and cultures from multiple perspectives through a critical understanding of their similarities and differences.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
4.2 Understand, value and respect human differences and commonalities as they relate to issues of race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities and culture.

Course Contents

1. Drug therapy in treating illness, making Rx choices.
2. Drug mechanisms of action, therapeutic uses, adverse effects and contraindications.
3. Drug classes and frequently prescribed drugs in each class.
4. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
5. Drugs interactions, mechanisms.