Medical science M - ZModule pharmacology
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: GIULIA DI BENEDETTOExpected Learning Outcomes
Course Structure
Traditional classes.
If the teaching is given in a mixed or remote mode, necessary changes may be introduced in order to fulfill all statements in the Syllabus.
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Mandatory
Detailed Course Content
The course includes two sections:
1. General Pharmacology: general principles of pharmacology; development of a drug; adverse drug reactions; routes of administration; pharmacokinetics (absorption, diffusion, metabolism and elimination of drugs); pharmacodynamics (biological targets of drugs, classification of receptors, concentration-response curve, signal transduction mechanisms).
2. Clinical Pharmacology: drugs affecting the autonomic nervous system; steroidal and non-steroidal antinflammatory drugs; diabetes mellitus medications; drugs of the cardiovascular system, blood and kidney; anxiolytic and hypnotic sedatives.
Textbook Information
- Compendio di Farmacologia Generale e Speciale (II edizione). Amico Roxas, Caputi, Del Tacca. EDRA.
- Farmacologia per le lauree triennali e magistrali (III edizione). Taglialatela, Conforti, Cuzzolin, Leone, Mattioli, Moretti, Pignataro, Vanzetta. SORBONA (Ed. Idelson-Gnocchi)
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General principles of Pharmacology | see texbook tab |
| 2 | Development of a drug; adverse drug reactions | see texbook tab |
| 3 | Routes of administration | see texbook tab |
| 4 | Pharmacokinetics (absorption, diffusion, metabolism and elimination of drugs) | see texbook tab |
| 5 | Pharmacodynamics (biological targets of drugs, classification of receptors, concentration-response curve, signal transduction mechanisms) | see texbook tab |
| 6 | Drugs affecting the autonomic nervous system | see texbook tab |
| 7 | Steroidal and non-steroidal antinflammatory drugs | see texbook tab |
| 8 | Diabetes mellitus medications | see texbook tab |
| 9 | Drugs of the cardiovascular system, blood and kidney | see texbook tab |
| 10 | Anxiolytic and hypnotic sedatives | see texbook tab |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Oral exam
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
· Routes of drug administration
· Drug-receptor interactions
· Signal transduction pathways
· Drugs affecting the autonomic nervous system
· Antihypertensive drugs