Course: Pharmacology in Perioperative Care

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Course title Pharmacology in Perioperative Care
Course code KOS/K7FPP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Fusek Josef, prof. MUDr. DrSc.
Course content
Introduction to pharmacology as a scientific branch. Drug pharmacodynamics and drug pharmacokinetics. Clinical classification of drug effects, indications, contraindications, drug interactions. Ethics of clinical testing of new drugs. Substances affecting the autonomic nervous system. Analgesics, anaesthetics, muscle relaxants. Biological drugs. Substance addiction. Emergency pharmacotherapy.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Work with text (with textbook, with book)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with fundamentals of pharmacology and efficient pharmacotherapy so that they could use gained knowledge in their own practice.
Students have knowledge of basic indicative groups of medicaments, know the most frequently prescribed medicinal preparations, their side effects, and undesired effects on a human organism. They understand and are able to explain fundamentals of pharmacokinetics. They are familiar with ethical issues concerning clinical trials of medicines and with emergency pharmacotherapy.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Completion of compulsory 80% attendance at the lectures, seminars ang practicum sessions. Successful completion of an oral examination.
Recommended literature
  • FUSEK, J.; HERINK, J.;PLESKOT, O. Obecná farmakologie. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2018.
  • LÜLLMANN, H.; MOHR, K.; HEIN, L. Barevný atlas farmakologie. Praha: Grada, 2012.
  • Martínková, J. a spol. Farmakologie pro studenty zdravotnických oborů. Praha: Grada, 2018.
  • PLESKOT, O., HERINK, J., FUSEK, J. Základy speciální farmakologie. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2019.
  • ŠVIHOVEC, J. a kol. Farmakologie. Praha: Grada, 2018.


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