A MOOC is being offered by Dr. Erland Stevens at Davidson College. All materials in the course are available at no cost to students. Pre-meds are the ideal target audience for the course. A similar course is taught to students on campus and I know that pre-meds get a lot from the class. Most of the introductory pharmacology material in med school is included in the course. The details are as follows: Medicinal Chemistry: The Molecular Basis of Drug Discovery is a chemistry MOOC with potentially high interest for pre-medical students. Hosted on the www.edx.org, all materials in the course are available at no cost. The seven-week course launches March 10, 2014. Major topics include the approval process for new drugs, the function of enzymes and receptors as drug targets, the movement of drugs throughout the body, and the steps involved in discovering and optimizing drug candidates. Students in the course will learn MCAT and medical school related topics such as enzyme kinetics, receptor theory, pharmacokinetics, and metabolism. The course is ideally suited for students who have completed general chemistry with some exposure to organic chemistry and introductory biology. www.davidson.edu [186 Bar Logo from Anna]
