Pharmacokinetics Courses and Certifications

Professor Dave Explains

Pharmacology

221 reviews

Learn about the uses, effects, and actions of drugs with Professor Dave Explains. Understand pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and explore various drugs at a molecular level.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Medicosis Perfectionalis

Epidural and Spinal Anesthesia - Regional Anesthesia

14 reviews

Dive into Epidural and Spinal Anesthesia with Medicosis Perfectionalis in under an hour. Enhance your knowledge of Anesthesiology, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Pharmacology

11 ratings at edX

This pharmacology course will explore the mechanism of action of pharmaceutical drugs on a molecular level. This course is eligible for Audit and Verified Certificate only.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 10-12 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Pharmacokinetics: From ADME to PK/PD

A critical aspect of a drug involves how a drug is dosed and circulates throughout the body of a patient. These qualities are aspects of a drug’s pharmacokinetics or PK. Pharmacokinetics encompasses how a drug is absorbed and flows through a patient unti…

• edX
• 3 weeks, 5-10 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Literature Case Studies in Drug Discovery

Once a person understands the ideas of drug efficacy, potency, pharmacokinetics, and safety, original research articles can be readily understood. The Journal of Medicinal Chemistry of the American Chemical Society regularly publishes a series of article…

• edX
• 3 weeks, 5-10 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Preclinical Safety: From In Vitro Assays to Human Dose Predictions

Drugs are approved based on their “safety and efficacy”. Determining the safety of a drug occurs through studies that are largely completely separate from efficacy studies. The safety studies fall under the umbrella of preclinical safety. While a drug’s…

• edX
• 3 weeks, 5-10 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Lead Discovery & Optimization for Efficacy, PK, & Safety

Understanding the efficacy, potency, pharmacokinetics, and safety of compounds is important, but compounds almost always require improvement in their properties in order to become drugs. The process of improvement is called lead optimization and requires…

• edX
• 3 weeks, 5-10 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Introduction to Small Molecule Drug Discovery & Development

21 ratings at Coursera

What does it take to advance a new drug from the laboratory bench to the patient’s bedside? Historically, drugs were discovered serendipitously and were usually isolated from natural sources. Today, drug discovery efforts take many years and cost hundred…

• Coursera
• 17 hours 57 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Mount Sinai;  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Responsible Medication Prescribing for Older Adults

Older adults are more likely to consume more prescription and non-prescription medications, and this can place them at high risk for unintended harmful effects. An important component of the care of older adults relates to medication management. This cou…

• Coursera
• 4 hours 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Dundee

Antimicrobial Stewardship: Managing Antibiotic Resistance

79 ratings at FutureLearn

Understand antibiotic resistance, and how antimicrobial stewardship can slow down or reduce it, with this free online course

• FutureLearn
• 6 weeks
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Ninja Nerd

Pharmacokinetics - Drug Distribution

3 reviews

Learn about Pharmacokinetics and Drug Distribution in less than an hour with Ninja Nerd. Topics include factors affecting distribution, protein binding, and volume of distribution.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Ninja Nerd

Pharmacokinetics - Drug Metabolism

2 reviews

Learn about Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism in less than an hour with Ninja Nerd. The material covers mechanisms, biotransformation phases, and practice problems.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Speed Pharmacology

Pharmacology - Pharmacokinetics

2 reviews

Understand the movement of drugs within the body with Speed Pharmacology's short program. Learn about absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination in less than an hour.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Introduction to Using Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (TIVA)

20 ratings at FutureLearn

Build the knowledge and confidence to safely incorporate TIVA into your everyday clinical practice.

• FutureLearn
• 7 weeks, 2 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Antimicrobial Stewardship: A competency-based approach

This course will equip clinicians who frequently prescribe antimicrobials with knowledge and tools to improve their use of these essential medications in daily clinical practice. Through case based examples, the course will highlight how antimicrobial s…

• OpenWHO
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate