Session 1: Principles of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy

Date: 2/15/2012 Check-In and Breakfast:
 7:00 am - 7:30 am
Educational Session: 7:30 am - 1:00 pm
Gregory Kearns

Gregory L. Kearns, Pharm.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Professor of Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, University of Missouri at Kansas City.

Disclosure: Dr. Kearns has NO financial arrangements with any corporate organization that might have an interest in the subject being presented.

At the conclusion of this program, the particpant should be able to:

  • Review developmental physiology as it influences drug disposition and action.
  • Identify how developmental differences in drug disposition and action are used to derive age-appropriate drug dosing guidelines. 
  • Review the ethical principles and considerations regarding the conduct of clinical drug research in pediatric patients.
  • Review the regulations and regulatory pathways used to facilitate pediatric drug development. 
  • Review the importance of age-appropriate drug formulations.
  • Identify and discuss challenges associated with therapeutic adherence in pediatric pharmacotherapy.
  • Discuss the importance of patient and parent education to insuring therapeutic success in the outpatient setting.
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