2008 Spring 2007 Autumn 2007 Spring 2006 Autumn 2006 Spring 2005 Autumn 2005 Spring 2004 Autumn 2004 Spring 2003 Autumn 2002 Autumn 2003 Spring
Show the courses of study containg this course Se overgangsordninger
Dansk English

BX34: Pharmacology (12 ECTS)

STADS: 3110001

Level


Teaching period

Autumn semester .7th and 8th semesters

Teacher responsible
Email: tjohansen@health.sdu.dk

Timetable
Group Type Day Time Classroom Weeks Comment
Common I Monday 9-12 19.06 37-41,43-50
Common I Monday 9-12 19.02 51
Common I Wednesday 9-12 25.104 36,38-41,43-46,49-51
Common I Wednesday 9-12 19.06 37,47-48
Show entire timetable
 Show personal time table for this course.

Comment:
12 ECTS point fordelt over 2 semestre.

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
A thorough knowledge of physiology must be passed.

Course introduction
To give the students a thorough understanding of the fundamental principles of the effect of drugs on the human organism (pharmacodynamics) and the fundamental principles of the influence of the human organism on drugs (pharmacokinetics). The teaching in special pharmacology has the aim to give the students a knowledge of mechanisms of action, pharmacological effects, indications and relevant side effects of the most important drugs used in the clinic.

Expected learning outcome


Subject overview
Pharmacodynamics; pharmacokinetics; absorption; distribution; biotransformation and excretion of drugs; the pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system; special pharmacology; drug dependence, abuse and poisoning; side effects and interactions; clinical trials.

Literature
  • H.P. Rang, M.M. Dale, J.M. Ritter: ”Pharmacology”5. udg, Churchill Livingstone, 2003.
  • John C. Foremann, Torben Johansen : Textbook of Receptor Pharmacology, CRC Press, 2nd edition 2003.
  • David E. Golan & Armen H. Tashjian (Editors): Principle of Pharmacology: The Pathophysiologic Basis of Drug Therapy, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, A Wolter Kluwer Company, 2004.


Syllabus
See syllabus.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:
4 hour written examination without books, notes, etc. External examiner. Marks according to the 13- point marking scale.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

Forelæsninger, eksaminatorier og gruppearbejde.
Educational activities

Language
No recorded information about the language used in the course.

Remarks
In the medical school, Pharmacology is taught over three semesters (6th, 7th, and 8th). Science students, who want to follow the course in two semesters, will have to follow the lectures given on 6th and 7th semester simultaneously, and then, in the next semester, follow the lectures given to the medical students on their 8th semester. The course is given twice: spring or autumn by your own choice. The course is held by Departments of Pharmacology (IMB)and Clinical Pharmacology, (IST).

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
See fees for single courses.