Klin Farmakol Farm. 2020;34(2):41-46 | DOI: 10.36290/far.2020.010

Clinical pharmacology: medical specialty, academic discipline and branch of science

Karel Urbánek
Ústav farmakologie LF UP a FN Olomouc

Clinical pharmacology in the broadest sense is a scientific discipline that deals with all aspects of the relationship between a drug and the human body. In a narrower sense, as a medical specialty, it was defined as an interdisciplinary field that integrates experimental pharmacology with clinical and laboratory disciplines in order to study and evaluate the effect of drugs in both healthy people and patients using objective methods. The aim is to optimize pharmacotherapy, both at the individual and population level. Clinical pharmacology combines three basic areas of activity: clinical work, teaching and research.

Keywords: clinical pharmacology, medical practice, teaching, research.

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Urbánek K. Clinical pharmacology: medical specialty, academic discipline and branch of science. Klin Farmakol Farm. 2020;34(2):41-46. doi: 10.36290/far.2020.010.
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