PHRM 759 - Advanced Cardio-Metabolic Disease Management

Prerequisites, PHRM 501, PHRM 511, PHRM 531, PHRM 592, PHRM 622, PHRM 622L, PHRM 631, PHRM 641, doctor of pharmacy major. This elective course will expose students to disease state guidelines (hypertension, dyslipidemia, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, and diabetes) and critically examine clinical trial evidence supporting evidence-based recommendations. Students will then be able to apply clinical trial data to specific patient cases. This course will also build upon students’ foundational therapeutic knowledge of cardio-metabolic disease states, such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and diabetes. At completion of this course, students will be able to develop and communicate patient-specific pharmacotherapy plans utilizing evidence-based recommendations. (Offered every year.) 1 credit