Christopher de Francesco

Adjunct Professor @Misericordia University

Dallas, PA, US

Integrate diagnostic assessment skills with knowledge of patient presentation, pharmacology, and health care subspecialties to synthesize appropriate treatment plans.•Engage in didactic instruction in pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacotherapeutic principles that provide a foundation for the study of pharmacology and therapeutics. Combined lecture and active learning exercises are designed to develop the pharmacologic and therapeutic skills that a physician assistant will need to enhance patient care in clinical practice.•Emphasis on cutting edge practice guidelines than include Evidence Based health Care (the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients or the delivery of health services), Evidence Based Clinical Practice (decision-making in which the clinician uses the best evidence available, in consultation with the patient, to decide upon the option which suits that patient best) and Evidence Based Medicine (integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research ).

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Pharmacy

Shenandoah University

Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.), Pharmacy