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2011
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September 2011 - May
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Presented by: Program of Physical Therapy and UW-La Crosse Department of Health Professions in partnership with: UW-La Crosse Continuing Education and Extension |
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Pharmacology for Health Professionals
September 24, 2011
8 a.m.–5 p.m. | 2002 Health Science Center, UW-La Crosse
$185 includes materials, lunch and refreshments | ($155,
UW-L Physical Therapy alumni)
8 contact hours
This course is designed to provide coverage of typical pharmacologic agents encountered in both inpatient and outpatient physical therapy settings. The content includes pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, biotransformation of drugs, and a consideration of the clinical application for a variety of classes of medications.
Course Objectives
- Understand principles of pharmacokinetics, including the effects of absorption, distribution, metabolism, biotransformation, and elimination on medications
- Discuss the role of the PT within the treatment team and appropriate use of our pharmacologic knowledge
- Understand the effects of variables such as gender, age, diet, drug interactions and compliance on drug activity within the body
- Discuss the relevance of selected medications to the practicing physical therapist in terms of their mechanism of action, indications/uses, common side effects, adverse reactions and significant interaction
- analgesics and muscle relaxants
- NSAIDs, cox-2 inhibitors and corticosteroids
- Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDs)
- Hypertension Meds
- Cardiovascular meds
- Anticoagulants
Instructor:
Dennis C. W. Fater, Ph.D., P.T., Cert. M.D.T., is a professor in the Physical Therapy Program of UW-La Crosse. Fater earned his doctorate in medical physiology from the University of Kansas Medical School and was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Florida Medical School. Fater has been in practice for 18 years in an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy setting.
