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A test drive of the classroom
experience (without the final exam)
PROGRAM TITLE
Cardiology Module – PHAR-6251
COURSE COORDINATOR
Douglas C. Anderson
Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice
DESCRIPTION
Cardiology Module integrates pharmaceutical sciences,
pathophysiology, patient assessment and monitoring,
public health, social and administrative sciences,
and therapeutics (both pharmacological and non-
pharmacological) for the prevention and treatment of
cardiovascular diseases. Topics include hypertension,
hyperlipidemia, global cardiovascular risk reduction,
thromboembolic disorders, heart failure, ischemic heart
disease, arrhythmias, and acute stroke.
BIG IDEA
• Focuses on treatments proven to prevent heart disease
and stroke, including both public health and individual
treatment strategies
• Emphasizes counseling patients to make therapeutic
lifestyle changes (e.g., smoking cessation, diet, weight
loss, exercise), both to prevent and treat heart disease
• Teaches the latest evidence-based treatment
guidelines
• Encourages students to treat cardiovascular patients
through the lens of the Golden Rule
• Taught by multiple faculty members, using expertise
from both departments of the School of Pharmacy
• Utilizes team-based, small-group, active-learning
methods
LEARN MORE:
cedarville.edu/pharmacy“The Cardiology Module at Cedarville helped me realize how
essential a good understanding of the topic is to my career. It’s
something that is interwoven throughout a variety of different
areas, from internal medicine and critical care to family medicine
and community pharmacy; if you have a strong knowledge base
in cardiology, you are going to be able to bring something to the
table and make an impact as a pharmacist.The module really
provides a solid foundation by hitting on the main components of
cardiovascular pharmacology and pathophysiology.”
Daniel James ’13, Pharm.D. ’16
Murdoch Leads Civil Rights Tour
This fall, MurrayMurdoch, Senior Professor
of History, journeyed the South with the
Cedarville University Civil Rights Tour. He
traveled with his wife, Ruth ’72; Cedarville’s
Director of Intercultural Leadership Greg
Dyson ’98 and his wife, Gina; and 13
Cedarville University students.
The tour began Saturday, September 26,
with the National Afro-American Museum
and Cultural Center in Wilberforce,
Ohio, just south of Cedarville. Afterward,
the group headed to Charleston, South
Carolina, and the Emanuel African
Methodist Episcopal Church. Emanuel
was the site of the shooting deaths of nine
of its members on June 17, 2015. Bus
tour members attended services there
September 27.
Next stop was Atlanta on September 28,
including lunch with Pastor John McNeal,
a pastor who knew Martin Luther King,
Jr. McNeal’s daughter, Kezia (McNeal)
Curry ’92, is a Cedarville alumna and
served as a Board of Trustee member.
The group ate at Paschal’s, a restaurant
that supported King and hosted strategy
meetings for the civil rights movement. The
Atlanta portion of the trip concluded with
visits to the National Center for Civil and
Human Rights and the Martin Luther King,
Jr., National Historic Site.
The group’s next destination was
Selma, Alabama. Selma was the site of
the March 7, 1965, “Bloody Sunday”
attack by state troopers against peaceful
marchers attempting to cross the Edmund
Pettus Bridge. Murdoch began teaching at
Cedarville in 1965.
Murdoch, using a cane, walked across
the bridge with other tour members. “I’ve
taught about that event in Selma for so
many years,” Murdoch explained. “It was a
real highlight experience for me to finally
be there— to see the bridge, walk across the
bridge, and then reflect with the students on
what would have been
happening if we had
been there 50 years ago
for that first march.”
Dyson was similarly
awestruck. “Traveling
with Dr. Murdoch
wa s ama z i ng ,” he
said. “His love for our
students, our country,
and our potential was
overwhelming.
“When we arrived
in Selma, Dr. Murdoch
instructed us to be
gentle as we observed
a city’s shame,” Dyson added. “It was a hot
afternoon, but he insisted on walking across
the Edmund Pettus Bridge. As wemet on the
bridge, Dr. Murdoch was singing
We Shall
Overcome
! I will not forget that moment.”
The Civil Rights Tour has been a
successful endeavor for many years, but
this was the first time students participated
for academic credit. In addition to the tour,
students were expected to read a book and
complete other academic requirements
to pass the one-credit hour course. After
Selma, the group traveled to Birmingham,
Alabama, then returned to Cedarville
September 30.
“Racism is solved by building
relationships with people of other ethnic
groups and building diversity in our own
community,” Murdoch said. “I’m so grateful
for the emphasis Cedarville is putting on
diversity now as we seek to make this a
community where people of all ethnic
backgrounds are welcome.”
“When God’s Holy Word becomes the
standard by which we live, we can look at
a verse like Genesis 1:27 and see that we
(people) were made in the image of God,”
Dyson commented. “Then we can treat
each other, as image bearers, with dignity
and respect. No legislation needed. God is
so good!”
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