PHM 6200 Self Care Therapeutics

3 Hours

Prerequisites: PHM 6160 , PHM 6130 ; Corequisites: PHM 6225.

Students learn to help patients make therapeutic choices about health care issues that can be managed effectively by the patient using over-the-counter (OTC) products, dietary supplements, natural products and other alternative medicine therapies. The course emphasizes triage of patients, patient safety, therapeutic efficacy, and the validity and current evidence-based outcome measures.