Course Overview

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Welcome to our clinical pharmacy series. I am Prof. Shawn Chen, the main educator of this course.

Joining me on this course is the following international instructor: Charles Lee, Visiting Professor, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University

In this course, you will learn critical consideration in total pharmaceutical care for patients with kidney diseases, such as dosing strategies.

What will you learn from this course?

• Discusses the principles of pharmacokinetics and drug dose adjustment in renal disease.
• Introduce basic renal physiology and function, including filtration, secretion and reabsorption.
• Learn to calculate renal clearance by different methods and recommend dosing regimen for renal insufficient patients.
• Summarizes the general principles for dosage adjustment in dialysis patients.
• Review of the pharmacotherapy for acute kidney failure and end stage renal diseases. Help participants apply knowledge learned from lectures into clinical practice and integrate skills and concepts to be clinical pharmacists.

Attachment is the syllabus provided for you to see the summary of each week.

We hope you enjoy your learning!