IPH 5X1: Integrated pharmacotherapy VII: Haematology/ Oncology/ palliative care and GIT
Integrated pharmacotherapy courses aims to build the knowledge of the students about how to manage patients with different pathological conditions. It will start by delivering lectures in pathophysiology about a certain disease that belongs to the system covered in the course, followed by pharmacology lectures that cover pharmacological actions of drugs designed to treat such condition and the physiological responses of the body to these drugs. Current practice guidelines for the management for such diseases will follow along with a small exercise that introduces a one simple case to discuss the therapeutics options suitable. This course in particular will introduce the student to common haematological, and neoplastic disorders, and conclude the last pharmacotherapy course with the concept of palliative care and common GIT disorders. Application of the knowledge acquired in this course will be applied in the '93case based seminar'94 course that run in parallel to it in 7 weeks period.