COMP 155 |
| A medicinal chemistry course has been taught as an elective at our university since 1997. The pre-requisite for this course is Biochemistry I. Students who take this course have various career goals including medicine, pharmacy, pharmaceutical sales, forensic chemistry, and chemical industry. This talk will provide examples of content and ancillary activities used. While the overall process of drug approval is discussed, the focus is on applications of chemistry and biochemistry to the area of drug discovery and drug development. Several different classes of drugs are used as examples. Currently, as part of the course, students are required to work in pairs to become “experts” on a particular drug's development, pharmacokinetics, and mode of action. They then give an oral presentation during the last week of class. Although a textbook is used, students also learn content from reading journal articles and hearing seminars from invited speakers from local industry. |
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Teaching Medicinal Chemistry to B.S. Undergraduate Chemistry Majors
9:00 AM-11:55 AM, Tuesday, 12 September 2006 Moscone Center -- Room 206, Oral
Division of Computers in Chemistry |