PHAR 617 Pharmacokinetics (Basic & Clinical)

This course is a comprehensive course that focuses on basic pharmacokinetic principles and their applications to individualized drug dosages. The course is comprised of three parts. In the first part of the course, mathematical and physiologic principles of pharmacokinetics, compartmental modeling, and relationship between pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics will be discussed.  The second part of the course will cover various factors that influence pharmacokinetic parameters in a clinical practice  setting.  The last part of the course will illustrate clinical applications of pharmacokinetics to specific drugs through presentation and solution of problems commonly encountered in the clinical practice setting.