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The overall goal of this short course is to present fundamental pharmacokinetic concepts in a manner that will allow participants without a specific pharmacokinetic background to subsequently apply these principles to their work.
The emphasis of the presentations will be on conceptual understanding, with supporting workshops to encourage active learning and long-term retention.
Basic concepts of clearance, volume of distribution, and bioavailability will be presented and applied to the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drugs. Application of these concepts to drug delivery, drug targeting, drug-drug interactions, drug action, and in vitro-in vito correlations will be discussed.
At the conclusion of this course, you will be able to:
• Relate the concepts of clearance and volume of distribution to physiological processes that influence the absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs.
• Calculate essential pharmacokinetic parameters, such as the rate and extent of absorption, clearance, volume of distribution and half-life from simple concentration-time data.
• Apply fundamental pharmacokinetic principles to the evaluation of ADMET studies that are encountered in the pre-clinical and clinical phases of drug development.
Welcome Reception
Monday, July 9, 2012, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Location: Heritage Room, McNamara Alumni Center
Dinner Banquet
Thursday, July 12, 2012, 6:00-8:30 p.m.
Campus Club, Coffman Union
Tuition (all four days): $2800
(Includes all program materials, breakfast/lunch, and two social functions)
Tuition (first three days ONLY): $2100
Tuition ("Special Topics" final day ONLY): $800
Discounts are available for groups of two or more participants from the same institution.
For more information, please contact:
University of Minnesota
Continuing Pharmacy Education
(612) 624-9482 or 1-800-633-6638
pkcourse@umn.edu
