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Downers Grove, IL Campus Catalog
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Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Mission
- Accreditation
- Degree Description
- Admissions
- Graduation Requirements
- Maximum Length to Degree Completion
- Licensure Requirements
- Curriculum
- Course Descriptions
- Preclinical Elective Courses
- Clinical Rotations
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Department Descriptions
- Department of Anatomy
- Department of Behavioral Sciences
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
- Department of Clinical Integration
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- Department of Family Medicine
- Department of Internal Medicine
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
- Department of Pathology
- Department of Pharmacology
- Department of Physiology
- Department of Surgery
- Student Academic Policies
- Scholarships for Enrolled Students
- Midwestern University GME Consortium
- The AOA Code of Ethics
- Faculty Lists
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Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine
The instructional program in Pharmacology focuses on the actions of clinically-important drugs and toxicants in humans. The primary goal of the program is to provide the osteopathic medical student with a firm understanding of the general pharmacology of the major classes of drugs and toxicants, so that the student can begin his/her clinical training at the highest possible level of preparedness and pursue a career of life-long learning as an osteopathic physician. The pharmacology courses will be presented over the Fall, Winter and Spring quarters of the academic year. The various classes of drugs will be considered on an organ system and disease-group basis supplemented with the incorporation of symptoms and clinical cases. In addition, students will receive instruction on a variety of related topics including general principles of drug action, pharmacokinetics, therapeutics, toxicology and drugs of abuse. Throughout the course sequence, the faculty will consider the various drugs and topics from a holistic, osteopathic perspective.