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Pharmacotherapy for Hypertension Treatment Training Course

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On Individual or Group Purchases to This Course, You Get Lifetime Access

Pharmacotherapy for Hypertension Treatment

Hypertension is a significant and costly public health problem. It is a major, but a modifiable contributor to the development of cardiovascular disease. This course will explain different pharmacological cardiovascular drug categories used in the treatment of hypertension

Course Objectives

  • Describe the mechanism and site of action for each medication class.

  • Compare and contrast each class of antihypertensive agents based on mechanism of action, adverse effects, and monitoring.

  • Explain how each class of medications affects the overall hypertension equation, which is blood pressure = cardiac output x total peripheral resistance.

  • Recommend the starting and maximum doses for listed medications.

  • Recognize and explain the common drug/drug interactions with hypertension medications.

The passing Mark to get a Certificate is 50 / 100

  • After you complete the course, go to my certificate section to download your certificate

  • In order to get your first name and last name on the certificate, please add or include those in your profile with correct spelling and as you want them to appear on the certificate. i.e. go to my profile to add your first or last name. if you already included them from the initial log-in, then no need.

Why the course contains no separate lessons?
The course is designed with a technology called scorm package where all the lessons are contained on the same course screen. You press the menu button at the top right section of the screen where a drop menu pop up and all the lessons with the case studies and tests will appear and you can select directly to go a specific lesson if you don't want to watch the lessons sequentially.
Will there be a certificate at the end of the course?
YES. there will be after getting at least 50 marks in all tests of the modules
What about the assessment questions of the course?
Every course is composed of 10 Modules. Every module has assessment questions. You must answer all of them and get a cumulative grade of at least 50% to get the Certificate of completion. The assessment questions are on the sort of multiple choices. Each module has 10 questions

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