IN21B1A - PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The course is inserted within the specific objectives of the study program aimed at training a professional figure able to: i) ensure the safe administration of the therapy and monitor its effectiveness and the side effects and adverse events; ii) integrate nursing care into the multidisciplinary care project; iii) work in an integrated way in the team respecting the areas of competence.
Therefore, in short, the course aims to allow the student to develop knowledge and skills on the pharmacological basis of the therapy through an integration of related notions: the pharmacokinetics, the mechanism of molecular action and the interaction of individual classes of drugs with the pathophysiological and molecular mechanisms of the diseases for which these drugs are proposed, as well as the methods of drug administration and the unwanted side effects.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the course the student, as far as he is competent, will be able: i) to know the pharmacological basis of the therapy; ii) to know the side and toxic effects of drugs and the potential interactions between them; iii) to understand the biological reasons behind the variability of drug response.
The course will help to provide the student with tools that will allow him to improve: i) his competence in the management of drug therapy; ii) his ability to relate with other professional figures (medical doctors, psychologists, dietitians, etc.) who, in an increasingly multidisciplinary approach, will be called to take care of the patient.
The student will also be able to provide explanations to the patient and / or his family about the benefits and risks of drug therapy. Finally, the student will develop skills useful for an independent study and will acquire the methodological tools for an autonomous update.