Dates:
- March 27 – May 27, 2023
Pharmacokinetics is a core competency in pharmacology and an essential component of clinical research. This course is designed to give you the fundamentals, with ample opportunity to practice your skills. It clearly explains the guiding principles of pharmacokinetics – the absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination of drugs in the body. Whether this is your first time learning pharmacokinetics, or you want to refresh your knowledge, the clarity of the lectures and the interactions with the internationally renowned U of T faculty will help you advance your skills. New employees in contract research organizations, pharmaceutical companies and consulting agencies will especially benefit. You can take this course as a stand-alone option, or as the first part of our three-part series “Pharmacology: Principles and Clinical Applications”.
What You’ll Learn
- Gain the fundamentals of pharmacokinetics at a comfortable pace in more than twenty lectures, vignettes and interviews.
- Understand how the physiochemical structure of a compound can alter how it is absorbed, distributed and cleared by the body
- Appreciate how the route of administration is designed to take into account both the drug’s physiochemical properties and the body’s physiology to ensure that therapeutic concentrations reach targeted sites of action
- Understand and explain how drugs are biotransformed and eliminated by the body, focusing on both renal and hepatic clearance.
- Practice your skills through sample calculations and problem sets.
- Apply PK knowledge to issues associated with clearance, drug metabolism and dosing.
- Through examples appreciate the use of drugs in the clinical setting
- Communicate a better understanding of how drugs interact with the body
- Appreciate how genetics, disease and multiple drug therapy play a role in an individual’s drug response
Sample Syllabus Fate of Drugs SCS3170
