SU503: Pharmacology (5 ECTS)

STADS: 29003601

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the spring semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: usteckelings@health.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
Passed SU501 Anatomy. BMB503 Fundamental Biochemistry and SU502 Medical Physiology must be known. Students who have passed SU512 cannot participate in SU503.

Course introduction
The course introduction will provide students with knowledge about the main fields in pharmacology, which are classical pharmacokinetics (drug administration, absorption, distribution and excretion), molecular and cellular pharmacology (effects of drugs at the cellular level including drug-receptor interactions and intracellular signalling), organ pharmacology (effects of drugs on certain organs and their use for treatment of common diseases), methods used in pharmacological research and the process of drug discovery and development.

Expected learning outcome

• Explain basic concepts of the interaction between drugs and receptors and the consequences for intracellular signal mechanisms.
• Explain princples of pharmacokinetics and make simple calculations by first order kinetics.
• Explain basic concepts of drug administration, absorption, distribution and elimination.
• Explain the mechanism of action of drugs acting on the autonomic nervous system
• Explain the mechanisms of action of common drugs acting on the cardio-vascular system, bronchi, CNS, blood glucose regulation, inflammation and the immune response
• Explain the principles of antimicrobial drugs and the mechanism of action of main groups of antibiotics
• Explain the mechanism of action of main groups of anticancer drugs
• Name and explain common or typical side effects of drugs
• Explain the process of drug design and development

Subject overview
• Receptor and cellular pharmacology
• Pharmacokinetics
• Methods and measurements in pharmacology
• Pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system
• Pharmacology of blood glucose regulation
• Inflammation and immunopharmacology
• Pulmonary pharmacology
• Cardiovascular pharmacology
• Neuropharmacology
• Pharmacology of antibacterial drugs
• Pharmacology of anticancer drugs
• Drug design and development

Literature

• Rang & Dale: Pharmacology, 7th edition.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:

1. 4 hour written exam (4,5 ECTS), with external censorship and grades according to the Danish 7-point scale. (29003602)
2. Report based Lab. work (0,5 ECTS), pass/fail, internal evaluation by teacher. (29003612)
3. Student oral presentations (0 ECTS), pass/fail, internal evaluation by teacher (29003622)

Reexamination in the same exam period or immediately thereafter.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 31 hours
Skills training phase: 15 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 7 hours
 - Laboratory exercises: 6 hours
 - Other: Introduktion til laboratorieøvelse: 2 timer (obligatorisk for deltagelse i øvelse) hours

Educational activities

Language
This course is taught in Danish or English, depending on the lecturer. However, if international students participate, the teaching language will always be English.

Course enrollment
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Tuition fees for single courses
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