Graduate Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Form
Graduate Curriculum Committee
Course Proposal Form for
Courses Numbered 5000 and Higher
Note: Before completing this form, please carefully read the accompanying instructions.
PHAR 7604
1.
Course Prefix and Number:
3.
Requested Action (check only one box):
X
2. Date:
January 09, 2009
New Course
Revision of Active Course
Revision & Unbanking of a Banked Course
Renumbering of an Existing Course from
from
#
to
#
4.
Justification (assessment or accreditation based) for new course or course revision or
course renumbering:
Following recent reassessment of the graduate curriculum in the department, the
graduate faculty recommended to offer a new basic pharmacology course for various
health care professionals who need a shorter course than the currently offered twosemester Medical Pharmacology courses. There is an increasing call for
interdisciplinary education for the health sciences at East Carolina University. PHAR
7604 is developed to meet the needs of students who are in the Schools of Nursing
and the Dentistry (proposed). The proposed course, while providing a comprehensive
knowledge of pharmacology, is similar to PHAR 7603 but includes Clinical Case
Conferences to enhance understanding regarding the clinical application of
Pharmacotherapeutic for nursing and dental students. The basic pharmacology can
adequately be covered in one semester, which will allow students to be able to take
this course without having to commit to an entire year, as with Medical Pharmacology.
Emphasis will be placed on Clinical Case Conferences to integrate basic
pharmacology knowledge with clinical examples.
5.
Course description exactly as it should appear in the next catalog:
PHAR 7604. Pharmacology for Health Related Sciences (5) Lectures, small group
conferences. P: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in science or health professions or
consent of chair: Survey of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics and clinical
aspects of drugs in various categories.
6.
If this is a course revision, briefly describe the requested change:
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7. Graduate Catalog Page Number from current Graduate catalog:
276
8. Course Credit:
Lecture Hours
5
5
Weekly OR
Per Term Credit Hours
s.h.
Lab
Weekly OR
Per Term Credit Hours
s.h.
Studio
Weekly OR
Per Term Credit Hours
s.h.
Practicum
Weekly OR
Per Term Credit Hours
s.h.
Internship
Weekly OR
Per Term Credit Hours
s.h.
Other (e.g., independent study) Please explain.
Total Credit Hours
9.
5
s.h.
Anticipated annual student enrollment:
20-60
10.
Affected Degrees or Academic Programs:
Degree(s)/Course(s)
11.
Current
Catalog Page
Changes in Degree Hours
Overlapping or Duplication with Affected Units or Programs:
x
Not Applicable
Notification & response from affected units is attached
12.
Approval by the Council for Teacher Education (required for courses affecting teacher
education programs):
x Not Applicable
Applicable and CTE has given their approval.
13.
Statements of Support:
a. Staff
x
Current staff is adequate
Additional Staff is needed (describe needs in the box below):
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b. Facilities
x
Current facilities are adequate
Additional Facilities are needed (describe needs in the box below):
c. Library
x Initial library resources are adequate
Initial resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation
and an estimate for the cost of acquisition of required initial resources):
d. Computer resources
x Unit computer resources are adequate
Additional unit computer resources are needed (in the box below, give a
brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition):
x
ITCS Resources are not needed
The following ITCS resources are needed (put a check beside each need):
Mainframe computer system
Statistical services
Network connections
Computer lab for students
Approval from the Director of ITCS attached
14.
Course information: see Instructions for Completing the Graduate Curriculum
Committee Course Proposal Form for more detail
a. TEXTBOOK(S): author(s), name, publication date, publisher, and city/state/country
Brenner, George M.
Philadelphia, PA, USA.
(2005)
Pharmacology
Review,
2nd
edition,
Saunders,
b. Course objectives student –centered behavioral objectives for the course –
Upon completion of this course the student should be able to:
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Explain the pharmacological principles.
Discuss the clinical applications for the major classes of drugs.
Describe the most common drugs used in the various categories including
the areas of antibiotics, autonomics, anesthetics, gastrointestinal,
cardiovascular, anti-inflammatories, CNS, endocrine, cancer and toxicology.
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c. A course content outline:
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
General Principles
Introduction
Pharmacokinetics
Pharmacodynamics
Anti-Bacterials
Cell Wall Inhibitors
Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
Fluoroquinolones
Anti-metabolites/Miscellaneous
Week 4
Anti-Mycobacterials & Anti-Fungals
Anti-Virals
Anti-Parasitics
ANS/NM
Introduction
Week 5
ANS/NM
Cholinergic Agonists
Cholinergic Antagonists/ NM Blockers
Adrenergic Agonists
Adrenergic Antagonists
Week 6
Autocoids/Peptides/Histamine
Diuretics/ Control of Blood Pressure
Week 7
Anti-Hyperlipidemics
Gastrointestinal
Asthma/COPD
Anti-Coagulants/Anti-Platelets/ Fibrinolytic Drugs/Hematopoietic Drugs
Week 8
Anti-Anginals
Congestive Heart Failure
Anti-Arrhythmics
ANS/NM
Anesthetics
Week 9
Anti-Inflammatories
Uricosurics
Headache/Migraine/Pain Management
Opioids
Week 10
CNS Overview
Anxiolytics/Sedatives/Hypnotics
Epilepsy
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Week 11
Affective Disorders
Muscle Relaxants
Motor Disorders
Drug Abuse
Week 12
Endocrine
Hypothalamus, Pituitary, Thyroid
Adrenal Steroids/Reproduction, Androgens
Estrogens
Diabetes/ Calcium and Bone
Week 13
Cancer
General Principles
CaCT Drugs
Immunotherapy
Week 15
Toxicology
Poisonings and Antidotes
d. A list of course assignments and weighting of each assignment and the
grading/evaluation system for determining a grade.
Required Assignments -- Reading assignments are to be completed prior to class. Additional
material may be supplemented during lecture. Clinical case conferences are to be read prior
to class and students prepared for detailed discussions.
Evaluation and Grading -- The grade for this course will be assigned based on the percentage
of total possible points that the student accumulates. Exams, quizzes and the final course
grade will be rounded to the next highest whole number if the decimal value is equal to or
greater than .5. (Example: 86.5 will be rounded to 87, 86.49 would be rounded to 86.).
The components of the course will be weighted as follows:
Test 1
20%
Test 2
20%
Test 3
20%
Test 4
20%
Quizzes (four – each worth 5%) 20%
A letter grade will be assigned using the following scale:
A = 90-100
B = 80-89
C = 70-79
F = Below 70
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