Cancer Pharmacotherapy

This course will introduce the student to various concepts in oncology as well as all the supportive issues that the patient will experience during their oncology treatment. The disease states and their pharmacotherapy will be presented with an emphasis on helping the student to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. After completing this course, the student will be able to utilize pathophysiologic, pharmacologic, pharmacotherapeutic, and pharmacoeconomic principles to formulate patient-specific plans to manage the oncologic related supportive issues. The development of patient-specific plans will include problem identification, data collection and evaluation, implementation of appropriate therapy, implementing monitoring plans and monitoring patient outcomes. This course will be composed of didactic lectures, journal article evaluations and patient cases. Case studies and various active learning strategies will be incorporated throughout the course in both didactic lectures and other educational forms.