Students participate by meeting with the speaker for one to two hours after the seminar.
One hour weekly during both the first and second semesters. A lecture course covering the major fields of pharmacology. The principal current drugs are discussed in detail as prototypes. Particular emphasis is given to mechanism of action, drug distribution and biotransformation in the body, testing new drugs in experimental animals and in humans, and adverse reactions to drugs and toxicology. Pharmacology Literature A continuing seminar based on papers in the current literature.