Duration of the online course: 42 hours and 15 minutes
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Build real pharmacology skills in a free online course: understand drugs, dosing, interactions, and key therapies with practice questions and certificate-ready study.
In this free course, learn about
Antimicrobial Pharmacology Foundations
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics
Autonomic Nervous System Pharmacology
Cardiovascular Pharmacology Overview
Neuropsychiatric Pharmacology
Antibiotic Mechanisms of Action
Antithrombotic Pharmacology
Cardiovascular Drug Classes and Diuretics
Vasopressors and Hemodynamic Support
Migraine Pharmacotherapy
About the free online course
Pharmacology can feel overwhelming until you see the patterns that connect drug classes, mechanisms, and clinical decisions. This free online course is designed to help you think like a clinician by linking foundational concepts to the therapies you encounter in real settings. You will strengthen your ability to predict effects, anticipate adverse reactions, and make sense of why specific medications are chosen for specific conditions.
The learning experience moves between core principles and high-yield therapeutic areas. You will work through antimicrobial pharmacology, including antibiotics, antivirals for infections such as HIV and influenza, antifungals, and antimycobacterial agents used in tuberculosis. Along the way, you will practice applying mechanism-based reasoning, such as how pathogens resist treatment or how targeting different enzymes changes clinical outcomes.
A strong pharmacology base also depends on understanding what the body does to drugs and what drugs do to the body. You will build confidence with pharmacokinetics by connecting absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion, clearance, and dosage planning to real dosing decisions, including how steady state is reached. On the pharmacodynamics side, you will clarify receptor behavior and learn how agonists and antagonists translate into measurable physiological changes.
To support clinical relevance, the course also focuses on autonomic and cardiovascular pharmacology. You will explore cholinergic and adrenergic pathways, then connect those systems to commonly used treatments for hypertension, angina, arrhythmias, thrombosis prevention, and fluid balance. Practice questions are included throughout to help you check understanding, correct misconceptions, and improve recall under test-like conditions. Whether you are a student preparing for exams or a healthcare professional refreshing essentials, this course offers a structured path to clearer, safer medication reasoning.
Course content
Video class: Antibiotics2h17m
Exercise: Which mechanism best describes how bacteria can prevent antibiotics from accumulating inside the cell?
Exercise: What statement about antibiotics and bacterial cell wall synthesis is correct?
Video class: Antivirals | HIV, Hepatitis, Influenza, Herpes Treatment1h51m
Exercise: Which of the following drugs is primarily used as an integrase inhibitor in the treatment of HIV?
Exercise: Which enzyme is targeted by integrase inhibitors in the HIV replication cycle?
Video class: Antifungals46m
Exercise: Which class of antifungal drugs works by forming pores in the fungal cell membrane, leading to electrolyte imbalances and subsequent cell lysis?
Exercise: Which antifungal drug inhibits the enzyme squalene epoxidase, reducing the conversion of squalene to ergosterol, thereby affecting the stability of the fungal cell membrane?
Video class: Antimycobacterials | Anti-TB Drugs36m
Exercise: Which drug inhibits the enzyme responsible for converting para-aminobenzoic acid into dihydrofolate, thus impacting DNA and RNA synthesis in mycobacteria?
Video class: Pharmacokinetics | Drug Absorption42m
Exercise: Which route of drug administration is most likely to ensure 100% bioavailability?
Video class: Pharmacokinetics | Drug Metabolism28m
Exercise: Which of the following enzymes is primarily responsible for facilitating oxidative reactions during phase one drug metabolism?
Video class: Pharmacokinetics | Drug Distribution29m
Exercise: Which factor primarily affects the distribution of a drug by determining how well it can leave the bloodstream and enter tissue spaces?
Video class: Pharmacokinetics | Drug Excretion22m
Exercise: What is the primary organ responsible for drug excretion from the body?
Video class: Pharmacokinetics | Drug Clearance21m
Exercise: Which of the following statements about drug clearance is correct?
Video class: Pharmacokinetics | Dosage Regimen24m
Exercise: In pharmacokinetics, what is the 'steady-state concentration' primarily dependent on when administering a drug through continuous infusion?
Video class: Pharmacodynamics1h28m
Exercise: Which of the following correctly describes the mode of action for a drug that acts as an antagonist at a receptor site?
Video class: Autonomic Pharmacology | Cholinergic Agonists1h16m
Exercise: Which of the following nerves is responsible for promoting pupillary constriction through cholinergic pathways and what is the effect called?
Video class: Autonomic Pharmacology | Muscarinic Antagonists44m
Exercise: What is the mechanism of action of anti-muscarinic agents on the eye?
Video class: Autonomic Pharmacology | Adrenergic Agonists1h45m
Exercise: Which neurotransmitter is primarily responsible for the adrenergic effects on alpha-1 adrenergic receptors, leading to increased systemic vascular resistance and blood pressure?
Video class: Autonomic Pharmacology | Adrenergic Antagonists1h59m
Exercise: What is the primary mechanism by which beta 1 blockers reduce oxygen demand in patients with stable coronary artery disease?
Video class: Antihypertensive Drugs2h38m
Exercise: Which category of antihypertensive medications is primarily indicated for treating hypertension in conjunction with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter due to their effect on heart rate?
Video class: Antianginal Drugs1h24m
Exercise: Which of the following medications is commonly used as the first-line treatment for acute angina attacks?
Video class: Antiarrhythmic Drugs2h40m
Exercise: Which phase of the cardiac action potential is primarily affected by beta blockers?
Video class: Antiplatelet, Anticoagulant, Thrombolytic Agents3h10m
Exercise: Which drug class would be most effective in preventing platelet plug formation and is commonly used in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease to prevent acute coronary syndrome events?
Video class: Diuretics2h36m
Exercise: Which class of diuretics works specifically by inhibiting the reabsorption of sodium and chloride at the proximal convoluted tubule?
Video class: Anxiolytic1h08m
Exercise: Which neurotransmitters are integral to the function of the limbic system and are associated with anxiety when their levels are low?
Video class: Parkinson's Disease Drugs1h36m
Exercise: Which medication can be used as an adjunct to Levodopa-Carbidopa in patients experiencing the 'on-off' phenomenon in Parkinson's disease, particularly to prevent the 'off' phase?
Video class: Antibiotics: Cell Wall Synthesis Inhibitors: Part 122m
Exercise: Which antibiotic is specifically known to bind to the carboxyl end of peptide chains, thereby hindering peptide bond formation and disrupting the bacterial cell wall structure?
Video class: Antibiotics: Folic Acid Pathway Inhibitors: Part 207m
Exercise: Which enzyme in the bacterial folic acid pathway do sulfonamides like sulfamethoxazole inhibit, preventing the synthesis of dihydrofolic acid?
Video class: Antibiotics: Protein Synthesis Inhibitors: Part 313m
Exercise: Which of the following antibiotics is known to specifically target the 50s ribosomal subunit, and what is its mode of action?
Video class: Antibiotics: DNA17m
Exercise: Which of the following antibiotics is primarily used for treating gram-positive bacterial infections by forming pores in the bacterial cell membrane, leading to depolarization and inhibition of DNA, RNA, and protein synthesis?
Video class: Antiplatelet Medications | Mechanism of Action, Indications, Adverse Reactions, Contraindications57m
Exercise: Which antiplatelet drug irreversibly inhibits the cyclooxygenase (COX) enzyme, preventing the formation of thromboxane A2 and inhibiting platelet aggregation?
Video class: Warfarin | Mechanism of Action, Indications, Adverse Reactions, Contraindications57m
Exercise: Which of the following correctly describes the primary action of warfarin in the body?
Video class: Heparin | Mechanism of Action, Indications, ADR’s, Contraindications58m
Exercise: In the treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which type of heparin is often preferred for outpatient management due to its longer half-life and subcutaneous administration?
Course comments: Pharmacology complete
K S DEEKSHA
informative nd intresting one✨
Sachin Katariya
Excellently pharmacobulously explained!!! Must watch for every medico professional. Not for non-medicos, do not dare to enter without prescription(!).
Sachin Katariya
Excellent.