Pharmacology and Therapeutics
End of Life Content
- Lectures with emphases on opiates
- Lecture with emphasis on sedative-hypnotics
- Lecture with emphasis on antipsychotic agents
- End of Life Lecture with emphasis on antiemetics, ant-constipating agents, appetite stimulants
Assessment
Written examination questions
End of Life Curriculum Goals and Objectives Addressed
Goal #1 Medical Knowledge
Students must demonstrate knowledge about the medical aspects of death and dying, as well as the skills and attitudes necessary to use this knowledge effectively as a physician.
- death is a natural part of the life cycle
- the concepts and philosophy of palliative care
- the pathophysiology and management of the common symptoms encountered at the end of life
- nausea and vomiting
- anorexia
- constipation
- the potential adverse effects of common medications used for control of symptoms of terminally ill patients
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