Year 6 2011-12
Course leader
Dr Michael Schachter
St Mary's Hospital
020 7886 6265
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CPT)
e-lecture programme
 
Aim: The emphasis throughout is on understanding the therapeutic management of common and important clinical problems and on basic understanding of drugs used in specialties.

Course structure: The CPT lecture programme has been organised under 7 topics (to be released weekly) and will be available in the form of e-lectures. These will include self-assessment quizzes, e-lectures, podcasts, forums and a formative test at the end of the lecture series. Note each topic has a quiz which will only be available during the topic's week.

You will be given access to the course content from 13 February 2012.

Log into Blackboard using your Imperial username and password.

The topics covered will include the following:

  • Pharmacokinetics and drug metabolism
  • Drug interactions
  • Adverse drug reactions
  • Drugs in renal and liver disease
  • Drugs in pregnancy and lactation
  • Prescribing in babies and the elderly

Therapeutics in:

  • cardiovascular disease
  • respiratory disease
  • gastrointestinal disease
  • neurology
  • psychiatry
  • pain control
  • rheumatology
  • diabetes
  • endocrinology
  • viral disease and STDs
  • bacterial infections
  • medical oncology
  • poisoning and overdose


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