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2010-2011 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

PHTH 631 - PHARMACOLOGY FOR PHYSICAL THERAPISTS

Credits: Three
Prerequisite: PHTH 531, PHTH 532, PHTH 533, PHTH 534; PHTH 626; For PT Students
Pharmacology is an integrative rather than an autonomous science, serving as a bridge between the clinical and the basic sciences. The course is intended to provide the student with the background necessary for the clinical treatment of patients referred to Physical Therapy. This course will include the study of fundamentals of the actions of drugs, including mechanisms of therapeutic and adverse effects and their implications in physical therapy interventions. The course will especially concentrate on the use of drugs in the treatment of disorders of the musculoskeletal, neurological and cardiopulmonary systems.
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