Course: Basics of pharmacology

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Course title Basics of pharmacology
Course code FZS/ZFAR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Roubíček Tomáš, doc. MUDr. Ph.D.
  • Novosád Aleš, PharmDr.
Course content
Lectures: 1) Introduction to pharmacology and pharmacy, basic terms in pharmacology, preclinical and clinical drug testing; Czech Pharmacopoeia, legislation, drug abuse 2) Drug delivery routes, drug forms; pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics; homeopathy; factors affecting the effect of the drug; drug interactions 3) Drugs used in diseases of the digestive tract; medicines for respiratory diseases; drugs used in metabolic disorders; diabetes mellitus and its treatment 4) Drugs affecting the cardiovascular system; treatment of chronic heart failure 5) Antihypertensives; blood disease drugs; antiallergics; corticoids; drugs affecting the CNS; pain treatment 6) Radiopharmaceuticals; X-ray contrast media

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Students' self-study
Learning outcomes
General and clinical pharmacology acquaints with basic knowledge of general and clinical pharmacology, which is followed by other subjects. It contains general pharmacology, an overview of drug groups used in medicine, including their indications, contraindications, dosages and side effects, and the use of pharmacology in practice, as well as links with other scientific subjects such as morphology and pathology.
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme.
Prerequisites
Preconditions are frased in the annotation of the course and in the curriculum of the studying programme.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam

Credit: - self-study, - 80% attendance at lectures. Exam: - oral examination: two questions (1st question is from the field of general pharmacology, 2nd question is from the field of specialized pharmacology); basic knowledge of the issue, basic classification of groups of medicinal products, basic mechanisms of action, the most common adverse reactions, contraindications required and interaction.
Recommended literature
  • KRAFT, Otakar a Jan PEKÁREK. Radiofarmaka. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita v Ostravě, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-523-5.
  • LINCOVÁ, Dagmar a Hassan FARGHALI. Základní a aplikovaná farmakologie. Praha: Galén, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7262-373-0.
  • MARTÍNKOVÁ, Jiřina. Farmakologie pro studenty zdravotnických oborů. Praha: Grada, 2018. ISBN 978-80-2474-157-4.
  • PERLÍK, František. Základy farmakologie. Praha: Galén, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7262-759-2.
  • SLÍVA, Jiří a Martin VOTAVA. Farmakologie: Lékařské repetitorium. Praha: Triton, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7387-500-8.
  • SLÍVA, Jiří a Martin VOTAVA. Farmakologie. Praha: Triton, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7387-424-7.


Study plans that include the course
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