Clinical Pharmacokinetics: Dosing and Monitoring
Understanding pharmacokinetics, from basic principles to clinical applications.
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Clinical Pharmacokinetics: Dosing and Monitoring
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Explore the key principles of pharmacokinetics and how to apply them
On this course you will learn about the principles of clinical pharmacokinetics, including factors that affect the absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and binding of drugs. You will learn how to integrate these principles into the process of monitoring, evaluating and adjusting dosing for patients.
You will learn through critical thinking and problem-solving exercises that relate to drug dosing and monitoring functions, that are commonly performed by pharmacists in clinical practice.
Syllabus
Week 1
The Fish Tank – A Simplified Model of First-Order Elimination
Welcome to this course
This course is for any student or practitioner requiring clinical pharmacokinetic knowledge, including undergraduate pharmacy students, post-graduate pharmacy students,and pharmacists in clinical practice.
The Fish Tank Model - Introduction and Definition
Prof Daniel Brown will explain a few concepts using the Fish Tank Model, such as defining the volume of distribution, the clearance, and elimination rate constant.
Assessment of the week
What a week! It's time to refresh what you have learnt. Share your thoughts and opinion on this methodology.
Week 2
Dosing Basics – How to Determine the Right Amount of Drug for a Patient
How to Determine the Right Amount of Drug for a Patient
In this session, Prof. Brown will explain the equation for determining the loading dose to start therapy.
Week 3
The Ups and Downs of Predicting Changes in Drug Concentration
Predicting changes in drug concentration
In this session, Prof. Brown will explain how to predict the changes in drug concentration.
Week 4
The Challenges of Assessing Renal and Hepatic Clearance
Renal and hepatic dose adjustment
Focusing on how the drug is eliminated, we will learn how renal filtration excretes drugs, and how hepatic metabolism inactivates drugs in this lesson. Based on this foundation, we will be able to adjust the dose.
Week 5
What Pharmacists Need to Know about Dosing Aminoglycosides and Vancomycin
How to optimize efficacy and minimize toxicity on dosing Vancomycin and Aminoglycoside?
Considering efficacy and safety, we will learn traditional dosing, continuous infusion dosing, intermittent infusion dosing, and extended-interval dosing in this lesson.
Week 6
Clinical Application - Vancomycin and Gentamycin Case Practice
Clinical recommendations on the dose adjustment on Vancomycin and Aminoglycoside
In this lesson, we will learn therapeutic monitoring from plenty of practical cases.
Assessment of the Course
It's time for a final exam.
Who is this accredited by?
The CPD Certification Service: The CPD Certification Service was established in 1996 and is the leading independent CPD accreditation institution operating across industry sectors to complement the CPD policies of professional and academic bodies.
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Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Identify factors that affect the absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, and binding of drugs
- Interpret laboratory results, assess clinical findings
- Apply pharmacokinetic concepts in order to determine an individualized dosage regimen for a specific patient
Who is the course for?
This course is for professionals or students looking to build their clinical pharmacokinetic knowledge. You might be an undergraduate pharmacy student, a postgraduate pharmacy student or a pharmacist in clinical practice.
Who will you learn with?
Professor and Associate Dean
College of Pharmacy
Taipei Medical University
I have been a pharmacy educator for more than 35 years. I am currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy.
Pharm.D., BCPS, ICU Clinical Pharmacist, WFH
Who developed the course?
Taipei Medical University
Taipei Medical University (TMU) has been a leader in Taiwan’s healthcare system for over half a century due to its research, teaching excellence, internationalization and outstanding medical service.
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