Aim of the course is to get knowledge of drugs, in particular their mechanisms of action, pharmacokynetics, adverse effects and clinical uses.
Course Prerequisites
Students should already have knowledge of anatomy, biochemistry, physiology and pathology, necessary to understand pharmacology arguments, as well as they should already have studied the basis of pharmacology (pharmacokynetics and pharmacodynamics) and pharmacognosy
Teaching Methods
The course includes 96 hours of frontal lessons, 24 hours also included in the elective activity of Endocrine Parmacology.
Assessment Methods
A multiple choice 20 questions written examination is followed by an oral question and answer examination. In the multiple choice test the student must choose the correct answer among different ones. Each correct answer gets 1.5/30 points. There are no minus points for missing or wrong answers. The students will pass to the oral examination if he gets a minimum of 18/30 points. Final mark depends mostly on the multiple choice test, with possible decrements or increments of 3/30 depending on the oral test.
Texts
Katzung and Trevor, Basic and Clinical Pharmacology, 15 ed., McGraw Hill Goodman & Gilman, The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 13 ed, McGraw Hill
Contents
- AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DRUGS - CARDIOVASCULAR AND RENAL DRUGS - DRUGS ACTIVE ON SMOOTH MUSCLE - FANS, COXIB - ENDOCRINE DRUGS
Course Language
Italian
More information
Teacher is available for any questions following each lesson
