BX34: Pharmacology (12 ECTS)

STADS: 3110001

Level


Teaching period

Autumn semester .7th and 8th semesters

Teacher responsible
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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” 4. udg., Churchill Livingstone, 1999.
• Supplerende litteratur: John C. Foremann, Torben Johansen: “Textbook of Receptor Pharmacology,” CRC Press, 1996.

Syllabus
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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
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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
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