| Originator: | Gift, Tracy Status: Approved Department: DEH Dental Hygiene | |
| Date Created: | 10/18/2018 Submitted: 11/16/2018 Completed: 03/07/2019 | |
| Effective Semester: | Fall | |
| Catalog Year: | 2019-20 | |
| Course Prefix: | DEH | |
| Course Number: | 117 | |
| Course Full Title: | Applied Pharmacology | |
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| Reason for Evaluation: | Prerequisite Change Description Change CSLO, Competencies, and/or Outline Changes | |
| Current Credit: | 3 | |
| Lecture Hours: | 3 | |
| Lab Hours: | 0 | |
| Clinical Hours: | 0 | |
| New Credit Hours: | 0 | |
| Lecture Hours: | 0 | |
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| SUN Course?: | No | |
| AGEC Course?: | No | |
| Articulated?: | Yes | |
| Transfer: | NAU | |
| Prerequisite(s): | DEH 104 | |
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| Catalog Course Description: | This course focuses on drug groups and their pharmacological effects, adverse reactions, drug interactions and contraindications to ensure safe patient care. Special emphasis is placed on applying pharmacology knowledge to clinical dental hygiene practice. | |
| Course Learning Outcomes: | 1. Summarize the basic concepts of pharmacology. (2, 3, 5)
2. Explain the safe use of drugs in the dental patient. (2, 3, 5) 3. Interpret drug terminology and vocabulary that is associated with pharmacology. (3, 5) 4. Relate routinely prescribed medications to dental hygiene patient care. (2, 3, 4, 5) |
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| Course Competencies: | 1. Investigate the oversight of drugs in the United States.
2. Describe drug-related adverse reactions. 3. Investigate medications routinely prescribed for medical and dental conditions. 4. Examine drugs that may alter dental treatment. 5. Relate patient prescriptions to the safe use of local anesthetics. 6. Relate patient prescriptions to the dental hygiene assessment and treatment planning. 7. Categorize emergency drugs in the dental office. 8. Summarize the effect of drugs during pregnancy and lactation. 9. Investigate drug abuse potential by drug classification. 10. Categorize the top 200 most prescribed drugs by systematic conditions. |
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| Course Outline: | I. General Principles
a. Regulatory Agencies b. Drug Legislation c. Prescription Writing d. Drug Action and Handling e. Adverse Reactions II. Drugs Used in Dentistry a. Autonomic Drugs b. Nonopioid (nonnarcotic) Analgesics c. Opioid (Narcotic) Analgesics and Antagonists d. Antiinfective Agents e. Antifungal and antiviral agents f. Local Anesthetics g. General Anesthetics h. Antianxiety Agents i. Oral conditions and Their Treatment j. Hygiene-Related Oral Disorders III. Drugs That May Alter Dental Treatment a. Cardiovascular Drugs b. Gastrointestinal Drugs c. Anticonvulsant Drugs d. Psychotherapeutic Agents e. Adrenocorticosteroids f. Autacoids and Antihistamines g. Antineoplastic drugs h. Respiratory Drugs IV. Special Situations a. Emergency Drugs b. Pregnancy and Breastfeeding c. Drug Abuse d. Natural/Herbal Products and Dietary Supplements |
| Document | Document Name | File Type |
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| Review Document | ADEA Competencies - 2018-11-14 22:47:29 Etc/GMT | application/pdf |