PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY FOR ATHLETIC TRAINERS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: KINES 654 Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the general concepts and differences in the legal regulation of non-prescription, prescription, and classified pharmaceuticals. Audience: Graduate 2. Define the pharmacological concepts of dissolution, bioavailability, and bioequivalence. Audience: Graduate 3. Summarize the pharmacodynamic principles of receptor theory, dose-response relationship, placebo effect, potency, and drug interactions as they relate to the mechanism of drug action and therapeutic effectiveness. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe how common pharmacological agents influence pain and healing and their influence on various therapeutic interventions. Audience: Graduate 5. Assess the general indications, contraindications, and adverse reactions of prescription and nonprescription medications commonly encountered in the practice of athletic training (e.g. steroidal and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, analgesics, antibiotics) as identified in the course syllabus. Audience: Graduate 6. Explain the central role the prescribing provider plays in the selection, prescription, and clinical supervision of the athlete’s clinical treatment program. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the general concepts and differences in the legal regulation of non-prescription, prescription, and classified pharmaceuticals. Audience: Graduate 2. Define the pharmacological concepts of dissolution, bioavailability, and bioequivalence. Audience: Graduate 3. Summarize the pharmacodynamic principles of receptor theory, dose-response relationship, placebo effect, potency, and drug interactions as they relate to the mechanism of drug action and therapeutic effectiveness. Audience: Graduate 4. Describe how common pharmacological agents influence pain and healing and their influence on various therapeutic interventions. Audience: Graduate 5. Assess the general indications, contraindications, and adverse reactions of prescription and nonprescription medications commonly encountered in the practice of athletic training (e.g. steroidal and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, analgesics, antibiotics) as identified in the course syllabus. Audience: Graduate 6. Explain the central role the prescribing provider plays in the selection, prescription, and clinical supervision of the athlete’s clinical treatment program. Audience: Graduate