SU518: Physiology and pharmacology for pharmaceuts – Module 3: Respiration, GI-system, and Immunology (5 ECTS)

STADS: 29004301

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: usteckelings@health.sdu.dk

Timetable
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Prerequisites:
None.

This course cannot be taken by BSc-students of Biomedicine.

Academic preconditions:
Students taking the course are expected to have knowledge of the basics of physics, chemistry and biochemistry.

Course introduction
The aim of the course is to give students insight into the function of specialized cells of the human body under normal physiological conditions and in disease. This is important for being able to explain the effect of a pharmacological treatment on specialized cell types under normal physiological conditions and in disease.

The course is based on the knowledge acquired in modules 1 and 2, i.e. SU516 and SU517, and provides a scientific basis for studying module 4 within the ‘Physiology and Pharmacology for Pharmacists’ course. It is also the basis for the course on Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, which will be taught in the master's program.

With regard to the competence profile of the curriculum, it is the explicit focus of the course to:

• Provide the competence to:
• combine the various disciplines in the natural sciences with the more application-oriented medical disciplines, in particular for resolving pharmacological problems and for the development of new drugs
• Provide skills to:
• acquire new knowledge effectively and autonomously and apply this knowledge in a critical way.
• perform analyzes using scientific methodology
• identify own deficits in knowledge and to structure own learning
• Provide knowledge about:
• the theories and methods within the discipline
• knowledge acquisition and experimental methods in the pharmaceutical sciences and related fields.

Expected learning outcome
The learning objectives of the course are that the student demonstrates:

• knowledge of the most important molecular and cellular mechanisms in order to understand the structure and functioning of organs (lungs, gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas, immune system).
• comprehension of the most important molecular mechanisms of drugs for the treatment of major diseases that affect the lungs, the gastrointestinal system, liver, pancreas, and the immune system

Subject overview
The following main topics are taught in the course:

• Anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system
• Pathophysiology and pharmacology of the respiratory system
• Anatomy and physiology of the gastro-intestinal tract
• Pathophysiology and pharmacology of the gastro-intestinal tract
• Organs of the immune system: lymph nodes, lymph vessels, spleen, thymus
• Basics of immunology
• Immunopharmacology

Literature
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Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
Introduction and presentation of case. Pass/fail, internal marking by teacher.

Assessment and marking:
2 hours MCQ. Evaluated by the Danish 7-mark scale and internal marking.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 31 hours
Skills training phase: 10 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 10 hours

Educational activities

Educational form
The introduction phase consists of lectures, in which the students will get a brief introduction to the course topics and the way to achieve competences. This will be complemented by the study guide and the textbooks, which the students are expected to study independently.

During the training phase, the students will achieve competences in immunology, anatomy, physiology and especially pharmacology. In the small classroom teaching, the students will work with tasks, which they will have to prepare at home.

In the study phase, students are expected to work independently with textbooks and examples and exercises herein. Students are expected to use part of the study phase to work on tasks of the training phase and do some repetition for the written exam.

Language
This course is taught in Danish or English, depending on the lecturer.

Course enrollment
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