Course: Pharmacology and rational pharmacotherapy

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Course title Pharmacology and rational pharmacotherapy
Course code KOS/P7FRF
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
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.
  • Herink Josef, doc. MUDr. DrSc.
Course content
Introduction to pharmacology and fundamentals of pharmacokinetics. Fundamentals of pharmacodynamics, the relationship between a dose and an effect; medication administration methods. Clinical classification of medicament effects, indication, contraindication, interaction. What precedes introduction of a medicament into clinical practice, ethics in clinical trials of medicines. Drug addiction. Overview of pharmacology of the vegetative nervous system. Overview of medicaments affecting motor and sensory nerves. Introduction to pharmacology of the central nervous system, psychopharmaceuticals. Medicaments for illnesses of respiratory pathways. Overview of medicaments for the cardiovascular system. Overview of medicaments for the digestive system and for disorders of food intake. Kidney pharmacology. Overview of anti-tumour treatments. Female and male sexual hormones. Overview of anti-infectious medicaments. Addictive substances. An overview of the current antidotes medicine. Biological therapy.

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.
The student has knowledge of basic indicative groups of medicaments, knows the most frequently prescribed medicinal preparations, their side effects, and undesired effects on the human organism. He/she understands and is able to explain fundamentals of pharmacokinetics. He/she orientates himself/herself in ethical issues concerning clinical trials of medicines.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Didactic test

Completion of compulsory 80% attendance at the lectures, seminars ang practicum sessions. Successful completion of an oral examination.
Recommended literature
  • Klener, P., Klener, P. jr. Nová protinádorová léčiva a léčebná strategie v onkologii.. Grada, 2010.
  • LINCOVÁ D, FARGHALLI H. a kol. Základní a aplikovaná farmakologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Galén, 2007.
  • Lullman, H. a spol. Barevný atlas farmakologie.. Grada, 2007.
  • Martínková, J. a spol. Farmakologie pro studenty zdravotnických oborů. Grada, 2007.
  • Rokyta, R. a spol. Bolest a jak s ní zacházet.. Grada, 2009.
  • Svačina, Š. a spol. Metabolický syndrom.. Grada, 2011.


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