Course Overview

SCI-426: Endocrine System (3 Credits)
Program(s): CMR

COURSE CONSULTANTS

FIFTH AND SIXTH EDITIONS:

Mark E. Molitch, MD
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

John White, PharmD, PA-C
Professor and Vice-Chairman of Research
Department of Pharmacotherapy
Washington State University-Spokane
Spokane, Washington

SEVENTH EDITION:

Mark E. Molitch, MD
Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Cynthia M. Phillips, CDE
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Outcomes Management
South Carolina College of Pharmacy
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina

Who Should Take This Course:
Sales representatives and managers who interact with healthcare professionals, including primary care physicians, family or general practitioners, internists, endocrinologists, pediatricians, and obstetricians and gynecologists who may treat patients with endocrine disorders, and others who would benefit from a knowledge of this important body system.

Career Applications/Benefits:
Endocrine disorders interfere with hormone production and therefore can cause serious health problems, including diabetes, hypothyroidism, and Graves’ disease. Information provided in this course will allow representatives to discuss key features and benefits of pharmaceutical therapies with physicians, pharmacists, and others who treat patients with endocrine disorders. In addition, because of the importance of the endocrine system, the impact of other diseases and treatments on endocrine function must often be considered by the physician. Therefore, this course also has relevance for those whose products may influence endocrine function or may be used to treat conditions that are often seen concurrently with endocrine disorders.

Course Description:
This course describes how the endocrine system influences growth and development; reproduction; homeostasis; and energy production, utilization, and storage. It reviews the structure and functions of the hypothalamus and endocrine organs. The course discusses several endocrine disorders, the major drugs used to treat them, and the procedures used to diagnose them.

Related Courses:
• Diabetes: Approaches in Disease Management
• Diabetes Virtual Preceptorship
• Disease Management
• Introduction to Pharmacology
• Nervous System
• Nutrition: Wellness and Disease
• Reproductive Systems

Chapter Content:

Chapter 1: Anatomy and Physiology of the Endocrine System
	Overview of the Endocrine System Hypothalamus Pituitary Gland Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands Adrenal Glands Pancreas Sex Glands Other Organs with Endocrine Activity
Chapter 2: Pharmacology Related to the Endocrine System
	Overview of Endocrine System Disorders Pharmacology Relevant to Endocrine System Disorders Pharmacologic Hormones Miscellaneous Classes and Agents
Chapter 3: Disorders of the Endocrine System
	Diagnostic Procedures Prolactinomas Graves’ Disease and Hypothyroidism Cushing’s Syndrome/Disease and Addison’s Disease Diabetes Mellitus

Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to describe the endocrine system (structure and function) and its component parts; describe the hormones of the endocrine system and their roles; and describe common disorders of the system, their diagnosis, and related pharmacology and terminology.