Ada POPOLO | CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Ada POPOLO CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
cod. 0760300024
CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
| 0760300024 | |
| DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA | |
| EQF7 | |
| PHARMACY | |
| 2025/2026 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 4 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023 | |
| SPRING SEMESTER |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIO/14 | 6 | 48 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| The course is aimed at acquiring knowledge and understanding of the clinical pharmacology of the most common drugs, their interactions, adverse effects and cost/benefit ratio. At the end of the course the students will know pre-clinical and clinical drug development phases and activities; standards of good clinical practice; basic principles for rational pharmacological treatment in special populations. The course will also provide knowledge on adverse drug reactions, mechanisms underlying allergic and idiosyncratic reactions, genetic drug reactions and pharmacovigilance; pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interactions between drugs. The student, on the basis of the acquired skills, will be able to analyse and address issues relating to the rationalisation of drug therapies and prescriptive adequacy in terms of efficacy, safety and adherence to therapy |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| STUDENT MUST HAVE PASSED THE EXAMINATION OF GENERAL PATHOLOGY. |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| DRUG CLASSIFICATION (2 HOURS); PRE-CLINICAL TESTING: IN VITRO AND IN VIVO STUDIES; EVALUATION OF ACUTE, SUB-ACUTE AND CHRONIC TOXICITY OF NEW DRUGS (2 HOURS). CLINICAL TRIAL, GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE (10 HOURS); PHARMACOVIGILANCE; ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS. LEGAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF CLINICAL TRIALS. MARKETING AUTHORIZATION (16 HOURS). RATIONAL USE OF DRUGS IN PREGNANCY (2 HOURS), IN CHILDREN (4 HOURS), IN ELDERLY (2 HOURS), IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER DISEASE (2 HOURS) OR KIDNEY FAILURE (2 HOURS). THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING (6 HOURS). |
| Teaching Methods | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE CONSISTS OF FRONTAL LESSONS FOR A TOTAL OF 48 HOURS (6 CFU), HELD IN THE CLASSROOM WITH THE AID OF POWERPOINT PROJECTIONS. CLASS ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY. IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE FINAL EXAMINATION THE STUDENT MUST HAVE ATTENDED AT LEAST 70% OF THE HOURS SCHEDULED FOR THE COURSE. ATTENDANCE WILL BE RECORDED VIA THE UNIVERSITY'S EASY BADGE SYSTEM. |
| Verification of learning | |
|---|---|
| ORAL EXAMINATION |
| Texts | |
|---|---|
| TRATTATO DI FARMACOLOGIA, IDELSON-GNOCCHI. SECONDA EDIZIONE LE BASI FARMACOLOGICHE DELLA TERAPIA, ZANICHELLI, 13 ED. FARMACOLOGIA GENERALE E CLINICA, KATZUNG, PICCIN VI ED. FARMACOLOGIA CLINICA. FUCCELLA L M, PERRUCA E, SIRTORI C. UTET |
| More Information | |
|---|---|
| ITALIAN TEACHING AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACY |
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