PHAR 7632/7633 Syllabus

Topics to be Covered in PHAR 7632 and PHAR 7633

Glossary

PHAR 7632

• 1. Introduction (PHAR 7632)
• 2. Mathematical material
  • Objectives
  • Exponents
  • Logarithms
  • Graphing on Linear or Semi-log Graph Paper
  • Use of spreadsheets
  • Calculus
  • Writing Differential Equations
  • Integrating Differential Equations using Laplace Tranforms
    • More practice problems
  • Integrating Differential Equations Numerically with a Point-Slope method (Euler's)
  • Area under the Curve (AUC) and the Trapezoidal Rule
• 3. Pharmaceutical analysis
• 4. Pharmacokinetics introduction
• 5. One compartment IV bolus
• 6. Modeling
• 7. More Laplace transforms
• 8. Program set-up
• 9. Program output evaluation
• 12. Analysis of urine data
• 15. Intravenous infusion
• 16. Routes of drug administration
• 17. Pharmacokinetics of oral administration
• 21. Bioavailability studies

  PHAR 7633

• 14. Introduction (PHAR 7633)
• 10. Numerical integration
• 11. Optimization
• 13. Weighting schemes
• 18. Bioavailability calculations
• 19. Selection of the "best" model
• 20. Identifiability
• 22. Physiological factors affecting oral absorption
• 23. Physical-Chemical factors affecting oral absorption
• 24. Formulation factors affecting oral absorption
• 25. Multiple IV bolus dose administration
• 26. Multiple oral dose administration
• 27. Routes of excretion
• 28. Drug metabolism
• 29. Drug distribution
• 30. Multi-compartmental pharmacokinetic models
• 31. Non-linear pharmacokinetic models
• 32. Clinical applications of pharmacokinetics
• 33. Optimal sampling
• 34. Bayesian analysis and population modeling
• 35. Pharmacodynamic models
• 36. Physiologically based pharmacokinetic models

• Textbook == Mathematical Modeling of Pharmacokinetic Data by David W.A. Bourne
• Boomer == Boomer On-line Manual
• Booklet == Pieper, J.A. and Rutledge, D.R. 1989 Current Concepts - Laboratory Techniques for Pharmacists, Upjohn, Kalamazoo, MI (Upjohn Publication #8804-03 June 1989) (On reserve in the Bird Library)
• (*) Links to relevant or similar material from PHAR 4634 Online

Copyright 2001-3 David W. A. Bourne (david@boomer.org)