PCOM Perspectives: From Chalkboards to Chatbots: The Evolution of Drug Education with Fred Goldstein

About this episode

Dr. Fred Goldstein discusses the evolution of drug education and the impact of AI and substance abuse on pharmacology teaching.

For this episode, I sat down with Dr. Fred Goldstein, a professor of clinical pharmacology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at PCOM, to talk about his decades of research examining the use of prescription medication to manage pain for postoperative patients, and how THC and CBD combinations can reduce discomfort in those with chronic neuropathic pain. We also discuss how the drug landscape has changed in Dr. Goldstein’s three-plus decades as an educator and how substance abuse and artificial intelligence have impacted the way pharmacology is taught.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Fred Goldstein

Topics covered

• drug education
• pharmacology
• pain management
• substance abuse
• artificial intelligence

Keywords

• THC
• CBD
• chronic pain
• neuropathic pain
• clinical pharmacology

Mentioned in this episode

Products: prescription medication

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