Overview

Lesson 1 Overview

All medical and allied health professionals should study pharmacology. Pharmacology helps you to better understand how different medications interact with the various systems of the body. The level or extent to which one should study pharmacology depends on the medical profession that’s chosen. This lesson will provide you with a broad general overview of pharmacology.

Lesson Objectives

• Define pharmacology and types of drug interactions
• Recognize types of drug nomenclature and generic drugs as well as regulatory agencies and abuse prevention techniques
• Describe how to read, interpret, and document medication orders
• Explain how drugs can be administered
• Recognize parts of a prescription
• Explain how to make common coversions and vary dosage
• Summarize the importance of medical compliance 
• List medical professionals that can prescribe medications