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Oct 09, 2024
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OFFT 2013 - Medical Office: Pharmacology and Lab Medicine Credits: 2 Hours/Week: Lecture NoneLab None Course Description: This course is intended for students interested in medical office careers. It is a system-by-system overview of the principles and language of pharmacology and laboratory medicine, including drugs and drug classes, diagnostic tests, indications, techniques, expressions of values, and significance of findings for effective medical documentation. MnTC Goals None
Prerequisite(s): OFFT 2006 , concurrent enrollment in OFFT 2010 or equivalents, or instructor consent. Corequisite(s): None Recommendation: Concurrent enrollment in OFFT 2012 and OFFT 2041 .
Major Content
- Procedures, techniques, and findings in diagnostic and interventional imaging.
- Common drug classes, forms, dosages, and routes of administration.
- Common tests in pathology and laboratory medicine.
- Pharmacologic terminology.
- Normal lab values and ranges
- Use of reference materials.
Learning Outcomes At the end of this course students will be able to:
- Describe pharmacologic nomenclature and principles organized by body systems.
- Classify routes of administration.
- Describe the relationship of drug classes with disease processes and medical specialties.
- Recognize commonly prescribed medications, including indications, actions, dosages, and routes of administration.
- Demonstrate use of pharmacology and laboratory reference materials.
- Identify lab testing methods and procedures used for various diseases and conditions, organized by body systems.
- Identify normal lab values and ranges.
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