Course Description
Evidence-based nutrition and pharmacotherapy-based management of diet-related diseases, including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and renal disease.
Athena Title
Nutr Pharm Dis Mgmt
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in NUTR 4800, NUTR 6800
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Prerequisite
NUTR 6400
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course, students will gain knowledge, competencies, and skills to: • Describe the pathology of selected diseases. • Identify evidence-based guidelines for the management of selected diseases. • Select and explain appropriate pharmacotherapy for selected diseases. • Discuss the mechanisms of action, dosing, precautions/contraindications, and monitoring parameters for efficacy and safety for pharmacologic agents used in therapy of selected diseases. • Name appropriate medication regimens for the treatment of obesity and explain adjustments to pharmacotherapy in disease management of obese patients and after bariatric surgery. • Discuss common drug-nutrient and drug-drug interactions and polypharmacy issues in the management of selected diseases. • Explain adjustments in pharmacotherapy for special populations.
Topical Outline
• Evidence-based guidelines for pharmacotherapy, including mechanisms of action, dosing, precautions/contraindications, and monitoring parameters for agents used in the therapy of selected diseases of the following areas: • Diseases of the endocrine system • Diseases of the cardiovascular system • Neoplastic diseases • Weight management and obesity, including pharmacotherapy adjustments in the disease management of obese patients and after bariatric surgery • Other diseases • Drug-nutrient and drug-drug interactions • Polypharmacy issues in disease management • Considerations of pharmacotherapy for special populations
Syllabus
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