HST210 — Pharmacology
HST 210 - Pharmacology HST 210 - Pharmacology This course provides an introduction to the clinical concepts of pharmacology, relevant and useful to a variety of health science curricula. Students will gain an understanding of the major drug classifications, uses, side effects, adverse effects, contraindications, and interactions used to treat and prevent disease, and maintain homeostasis for each of the body systems. Basic principles of medication administration, pharmaceutical mathematics, and the use of the scientific reasoning and method during the drug development and approval process from clinical trials, testing, to market approval of the process of drug development to FDA approval. Describe the FDA approval process for new medications, and the regulations related to medications, herbs, and supplements. Identify medication rights, guidelines, routes, and techniques of safe medication administration. Identify drug classifications, indications for use, side effects, contraindications, and how drugs affect the various body systems, including: nervous; urinary; cardiovascular; immune; respiratory; gastrointestinal; endocrine; reproductive; musculoskeletal; integumentary; and the eye and ear. Demonstrate ability to apply knowledge of mathematical computations to solve equations related to medication dosages. Demonstrate how scientific reasoning and scientific method are applied, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation,