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Course Introduction
Topics and Objectives

Key Topics:

  • Principles of Pharmacodynamics
  • Introductory Pharmacokinetics
  • Autonomic Nervous System Pharmacology
  • Cardiovacular System Pharmacology, and
  • Central Nervous System Pharmacology

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe the general principles of physiology pharmacology;
  • Interpret the interrelationships between pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics;
  • Discuss the effects of drugs on the sympathetic and parasympathetic elements of the autonomic nervous system; and
  • Relate pharmacology as it applies to the central nervous system and cardiovascular system