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DVDs from
TEACHING PHARMACOLOGY
Simplify Don’t Mystify
This DVD series was presented to a group of nurse
educators on August 3, 4, and 5, 2009 in Chicago, IL. The series is an
overview of the most common classes of drugs used and each part of the
series is described on the following pages. The entire series comes with
a 250-page booklet that includes the power point handouts that can be
photocopied and distributed to the students. This series of teaching
DVDs can not only be used for instructors to learn more about "how" to
teach pharmacology, but this series can also be used in the classroom
as a direct teaching tool for students.
Set of 10 DVDs
$350. (USD)
Streaming Video Rights add $175.
15.75 contact hours for this series add $150.
Include a 250 page booklet with all of the Power Points and Pharm Facts.
Day 1
Pharmacokinetics, genetics, and frenetics...
What
students really need to know...For starters, Barb will cover the basics
of nomenclature, or the "name game." Barb will discuss the perils
of acetaminophen and the branding of Aspirin. Barb will cover the
specifics of Pharmacokinetics with a sub-type known as "pharmaco-geriatrics"
and the special problems encountered in the elderly with polypharmacy.
Drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion will be
discussed with specific drugs and drug classes. Grapefruit juice and the
CYP450 enzyme system will also be included. Various receptors (alphas
and betas, dopamine, serotonin, cholinergic, and hormone receptors) will
also be correlated with "blockers" and "boosters". Anti-cholinergic side
effects will be emphasized and repeated as will a few lists of drugs
with anti-cholinergic properties.
Understanding neurotransmitters and
neuropharmacology.
Enjoy an entire session learning the neurotransmitters and all of the
drugs that modulate each transmitter. The neurotransmitters that Barb
discusses include: acetylcholine, serotonin, melatonin, dopamine,
epinephrine, norepinephrine, GABA, and glutamate. Barb will also
correlate various disease processes with each of the above
neurotransmitters and the drugs used to treat each of the disease
processes. Learn about acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's
and memantine (Namenda); learn about the ubiquitous serotonin-all of her
functions, all of her dysfunctions and all of the drugs to treat the
various dysfunctions-including depression with the SRIs, the SNRIs, the
NRIs, and the infamous "other" category; migraine headaches and the "triptans",
and the role of serotonin in vomiting and the "setrons". Barb will
discuss the benzodiazepines and their role as anxiolytics/hypnotics-how
they are used to treat sleep and alcohol withdrawal; the drugs with "gaba"
in their name-gabapentin and pregabalin will also be discussed as will
their role in the treatment of chronic pain syndromes, seizure
disorders, and fibromyalgia; dopamine's role in health and disease will
also be discussed-ADHD drugs, oxycontin and other addicting pain
killers, dopamine deficiency and Parkinson's disease as well as the
treatment of Parkinson's disease; the role of blocking dopamine and
serotonin with the antipsychotics (old and new), dopamine and the GI
tract, and dopamine and restless leg syndrome.
DAY 2
Cardiovascular pharmacology.
This
is an extensive update on the various classes of drugs used for all the
things that ail the cardiovascular system. Barb will cover the "prils"
(ACE inhibitors), the "sartans" (ARBs), the "dipines" (calcium channel
blockers), "olols, alols, ilols" (the beta blockers), the "statins" (LDL-lowering
agents), the "afils" (ED drugs), ASA, clopidogrel, NTG, Dig, diuretics,
and Coumadin. A review of a bit of kidney physiology, the "Barb Bancroft
way" will explain the functions of ACE inhibitors and angiotensin
receptor blockers. The many uses of ACE inhibitors and ARBs as well as
their side effects will be discussed in detail. A review of the
definition of blood pressure will be discussed followed by the use of
the various classes of drugs for selected patient populations. Complete
coverage of the statins and the beta blockers is included as well. Enjoy
a few stories about the ED drugs, how to regulate fluctuating INRs, and
more...
Diuretics, Hormone therapies, Diabetic drugs.
Barb
discusses the various classes of diuretics and their clinical uses,
focusing on the thiazide diuretics and the loop diuretics. How many
classes of drugs are there for diabetics? You will find out when Barb
describes the numerous choices for oral agents--the pros and cons--as
well as the various types of insulin. Hormones for menopause, hormones
for oral contraceptives, and hormone replacement for hypothyroidism will
also be included. Controversies abound for HT in postmenopausal
females--and Barb covers them all. The "dronates" for osteoporosis will
also be covered. Drugs for benign prostatic hypertrophy will also be
included.
DAY 3
Bugs and drugs.
Barb
starts out with a review of vaccines and how vaccines are produced to
provide long-term or short-term immunity. New vaccines, old vaccines,
and future vaccines will be described. Barb will list the various
classes of antibiotics (the "cillins", the "floxacins", the "mycins",
and more...) and discuss the role of first, second, third and fourth
generation drugs. Anti-herpetic drugs (the "cyclovirs"), anti-fungal
drugs (the "conazoles"), and anti-retroviral drugs (including HAART
therapy for HIV/AIDS) will be described as well.
GI, GU, G-wheeze; Monoclonal antibodies; asthma;
and the bowels...
A
discussion of type 1 hypersensitivity reactions will be followed by the
two phase response in the asthmatic patient with bronchoconstriction and
inflammation as underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms. Treatment of
asthma will include a discussion of the "one-airway" theory of treating
allergic rhinitis and topical nasal treatments as well as inhalant
bronchodilators and topical steroids. Monoclonal antibodies and their
many uses will be described as will their nomenclature—in other words,
how you can tell what the monoclonal antibody is for based on it's
generic name. Proton pump inhibitors, H2 blockers and other GI drugs
will be discussed—including new drugs for opiod-induced constipation.
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