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Patient-Oriented Problem-Solving (POPS)
Packages in Pharmacology

The POPS packages are designed to help students learn concepts in the medical sciences by interacting with their peers in groups of four. They can easily be adapted for groups of other sizes. The packages were formerly distributed by Upjohn, but are now owned and distributed by the Association for Medical School Pharmacology (AMSP). There is no charge for this service.

Three new POPS have been added to the original ones: Treatment of Psychosis, Antimicrobial Therapy, and Chemotherapeutic Challenges. Two of the older POPS have been revised and updated (Drug Use in the Elderly, and Treatment of Essential Hypertension). Minor revisions have been made to Antimicrobial Therapy, The Treatment of Psychosis, and the Pharmacokinetics in the Treatment of Asthma packages.
The Treatment of Essential Hypertension package has recently been updated.

The table below indicates the POPS exercises in Pharmacology that are currently available. The date indicates the most recent update. Formatting problems in several of the packages have recently been corrected. These packages are available now only in electronic format, and only to bona fide teaching institutions.

All packages are in Microsoft Word 97/98/2000/2001 format.

We welcome any input on the content of packages, as well as offers to write new packages and to revise and update the older ones.

Title Authors Publication Date
Instructors Manual (2nd Edn.) A. J. Ingenito and W. R. Wooles 1993
Complications of Analgesic Therapy D. R. H. Gourley and W. R. Wooles 1985
Antimicrobial Therapy G. Best 1998
Treatment of Psychosis H. Pinkofsky, A. J. Dunn, N. E. Goeders,
J. M. O'Donnell and J. D. Steketee		 2006
Cancer Chemotherapy E. M. Scholar, R. S. Kawahara
and B. G. Gordon		 1993
Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias E. E. Bagwell 1993
Chemotherapeutic Challenges G. Best 1997
Drug Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure P. B. Williams and A. J. Ingenito 1992
Therapy of Diabetes Mellitus E. Chideckel and M. Mawhinney 1994
Drug Overdose Toxicity J. F. Rogers 1985
Use of Drugs by Elderly Patients G. Singh and J. R. D. Bayne
(Revised by J. Franklin and P. B. Williams)		 1996
Treatment of Essential Hypertension J. J. Burford and P. B. Williams
(updated by J. H. Zavecz)		 2001
Pharmacokinetics Applied to the Treatment of Asthma K. W. Renton and A. H. Neims 1985/1998

POPS Packages are now available only in electronic format (Microsoft Word 97/98/2000/2001).

The POPS Packages cannot be downloaded. Packages can only be sent to bona fide faculty involved in the teaching of medical students. They may be obtained by sending an e-mail to: AJDUNN@HAWAII.EDU. Before sending an e-mail, please check that your mail-server will permit attachments of up to 3 Megabytes (some of the packages are quite large because they include figures). If the attachments are too large for your institutional mail-server, they will be rejected and this can clog our server and my e-mail. Please also indicate in this e-mail your institutional affiliation and your role in pharmacology teaching.