250.604 Rational Therapeutics Course

 250.604 Rational Therapeutics Course
(Offered by the Division of Clinical Pharmacology)

Pharmacology – Fourth Year

Course is taught by Dr. Brent Petty, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and other selected clinical faculty.  This course is required of all fourth year medical students when at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. 

Class is held every second and fourth Thursdays; September - March, 8:30-10:30 a.m.
No prerequisite.

This course is designed to consolidate student skills in the selection and use of drugs commonly prescribed in medical practice.  This course will build on the foundation of the second year pharmacology course and third year clinical clerkship experiences.  The course focuses on therapeutic decision-making in the context of clinical problems based upon pharmacologic principles.  Clinical topics in therapeutics to be covered will challenge the students frequently during their internship and will demonstrate the rational application of core pharmacologic principles with general applicability to clinical situations throughout a medical career.  Widely respected clinicians from various departments within the School of Medicine will present the therapeutic decision-making process for a given clinical topic during the first hour of the sessions.  In the second hour, a faculty member from the Division of Clinical Pharmacology will facilitate a practical case-oriented discussion with both students and the guest speaker to interactively solve a series of clinical problems using the therapeutic tools just presented.

SON = School of Nursing

Course Faculty

Dr. Brent Petty    503 Halsted ext. 5-8181 bgp@jhmi.edu