Add Barkley to Enhance Your

Pharmacology Program!

Thomas W. Barkley, Jr., PhD, ACNP‐BC, FAANPPresident, Barkley & Associates

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Professor of NursingDirector of Nurse Practitioner ProgramsCalifornia State University, Los Angeles

Robert Fellin, PharmD, BCPSFaculty, Barkley & Associates

Pharmacist, Cedars‐Sinai Medical CenterLos Angeles, CA

Elizabeth VandeWaa, PhDFaculty, Barkley & Associates

Professor of NursingUniversity of South Alabama

Mobile, AL

Course FacultyWhat is our 45‐Hour Advanced Pharmacology Course?

A 45-hour online course, designed to meet the required advanced pharmacology for NP students to graduate. This comprehensive course is broken down by pharmacological topics and includes seven quizzes, two 100-item exams and one 50-item exam. This course is cost effective, flexible, and user-friendly; guaranteed to ease your job as faculty.

Pharmacology modules are accessible until students graduate!

What’s Included with your Advanced Pharmacology?

18 Video-based modules Slide handouts covering all material Seven 25-item best answer multiple choice quizzes Two 100-item exams One 50-item exam Detailed score reports

1. To fulfill your school’s required advanced pharmacology requirement.

2. To support your program’s current advanced pharmacology course. (Assign modules to coincide with your current lectures.)

3. To enhance your second year course work. (Implement modules, chapter by chapter, to reinforce pharmacology content such as requiring the cardiovascular pharmacology module to be reviewed with second year cardiovascular course content.)

Use our comprehensive pharmacology modules in any of the following ways:

How does our Advanced Pharmacology benefit Faculty?

We do all the work for you, including emailing log-in information to students and providing technical support throughout the program.

18 comprehensive video modules detailing required components of the course help enhance your pharmacology program.

These modules may be divided weekly to fit any program whether it is semester or quarterly based.

How does our Advanced Pharmacology benefit Faculty?

Quizzes following the video modules enable faculty to monitor student’s progress, session by session.

Two 100-item exams and one 50-item exam reinforce the material and ensure that students master the material.

How does our Advanced Pharmacology benefit Students?

Online video modules are available 24/7 to meet the busy schedules of students.

PowerPoint slide handouts are available to print so that students may access content offline.

Quizzes and exams are available for faculty to schedule any day of the week.

No additional texts help students save money!

Catalog Description

Pharmacokinetic principles and pharmacotherapeutic agents are explored in-depth for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of common patient conditions encountered in both primary care and acute care settings.

Student Learning Outcomes / Course Objectives:

Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:1. Use the database obtained from the health assessment of the

patient to identify an appropriate therapeutic regimen, including drugs and/or devices

2. Use knowledge of pharmacokinetics when developing a therapeutic regimen that maximizes the therapeutic effectiveness while minimizing adverse reactions

(Adapted from the California Board of Registered Nursing Nurse Practitioner Furnishing Number Application.)

Student Learning Outcomes / Course Objectives:

3. Use knowledge of pharmacodynamics to observe the effects of drugs and/or devices on a patient; to predict the patient’s response; and to understand the effects of the drugs and/or devices

4. Evaluate the response and compliance of the patient to the drugs and/or devices and implement appropriate action

5. Provide appropriate patient education regarding the furnished drugs and/or devices

6. Furnish drugs and/or devices pursuant to standardized procedures and in conformance with applicable laws, codes and/or regulations. Includes knowledge of Pharmacy rules and regulations, Health & Safety Codes and the Federal Register

Student Learning Outcomes / Course Objectives:

7. Examine appropriate guidelines for the pharmacological management of selected health care syndromes/diseases commonly encountered with awareness of patient’s nutrition, culture, ethnicity and socioeconomic status

8. Use knowledge and awareness of the role of herbal and natural remedies while treating disease states

Student Learning Outcomes / Course Objectives:

SESSION / DATE CONTENT

Session 1: • Introduction to the Course• Advanced Introductory Principles of Pharmacology• Ethnopharmacology

Session 2 • QUIZ 1 (Advanced Introductory Principles and Ethnopharmacology)

• Peripheral and Central Nervous System Agents• Psychopharmacology

Session 3 • QUIZ 2 (Peripheral and Central Nervous System Agents and 

Psychopharmacology)

• Cardiovascular Pharmacology Part 1

Session 4 • Cardiovascular Pharmacology Part 2 • Renal Pharmacology• QUIZ 3 (Cardiovascular Pharmacology Part 1, Cardiovascular Pharmacology 

Part 2, Renal Pharmacology)

Sample Calendar:  Semester Course

SESSION / DATE CONTENT

Session 5 • Exam I (Advanced Principles, Peripheral and Central Nervous System Agents, 

Psychopharmacology, Cardiovascular and Renal Pharmacology)

Session 6 • Respiratory Pharmacology

Session 7 • Quiz 4 (Respiratory Pharmacology)

• Gastrointestinal Pharmacology

Session 8 • Online Module:  Prescribing Controlled Substances

Session 9 • Quiz 5:  (Gastrointestinal Pharmacology)

• Endocrine and Reproductive Pharmacology

Sample Calendar:  Semester Course

SESSION / DATE CONTENT

Session 10 • Quiz 6 (Endocrine and Reproductive Pharmacology)• Drugs for Inflammation• Drugs for Bacterial Infections

Session 11 • Drugs for Viral Diseases• Drugs for Fungal Infections

Session 12 • Quiz 7 (Drugs for Inflammation, Drugs for Bacterial Infections, Drugs for Viral Diseases, Drugs for Fungal Infections)

• Online Module:  Exploring the Top 20 Drugs

Session 13 • Exam II (Respiratory, Gastrointestinal, Endocrine, Reproductive, Drugs for Inflammation, Drugs for Bacterial Infections, Drugs for Viral Diseases, Drugs for Fungal Infections)

Sample Calendar:  Semester Course

SESSION / DATE CONTENT

Session 14 Special Topics•    Pain Management Discussion •    Ocular Pharmacology•    Dermatology Pharmacology•    Drugs for Headaches•    Herbal Preparations•    Medication Errors and Risk Reduction•    Others

Session 15 Quiz 8:  (Prescribing Controlled Substances Module, Exploring the Top 20 Module, 

and Lecture Content from Special Topics)

Sample Calendar:  Semester Course

Sample Lecture

Sample Handouts

Sample Faculty Report

Advanced Pharmacology 

Exam 1

Overall Score and Total Time

Pharmacology Cardio PT 1 Cardio PT 2 PNS CNS Psychopharmacology Renal

Score by Subject

Score by Subject

Seven 25-itemBest Answer Multiple

Choice Quizzes

Two 100‐Item Exams Exam I (Advanced Principles, Autonomic, CNS,

Psychopharmacology, Cardiovascular, and Renal Pharmacology)

Exam II (Respiratory, Gastrointestinal, Endocrine, Reproductive, Anti-inflammatory, Anti-infective, Anti-viral, and Anti-fungal Agents)

One 50‐Item Exam Exam III (Prescribing Controlled Substances Module, Exploring

the Top 20 Drugs Module, and Lecture Content from Special Topics)

Evaluation MethodsGrades will be assigned according to earned points based on exams and activities using the grading scale below:

Quiz / Exam Percentage

Exam I 20%

Exam II 20%

Exam III 11%

Quiz I 7%

Quiz II 7%

Quiz III 7%

Quiz IV 7%

Quiz V 7%

Quiz VI 7%

Quiz VII 7%

Total 100%

Our team is on stand-by to answer any questions you or your students may have regarding your Advanced Pharmacology Course.We do the work for you!

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