FOUNDATIONS OF PHARMACOLOGY AND GENERAL MEDICINE

Amelia FILIPPELLI FOUNDATIONS OF PHARMACOLOGY AND GENERAL MEDICINE

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DIPARTIMENTO DI MEDICINA, CHIRURGIA E ODONTOIATRIA "SCUOLA MEDICA SALERNITANA"
NURSING
2014/2015

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2013
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1FONDAMENTI DI FARMACOLOGIA E MEDICINA GENERALE - MOD FARMACOLOGIA
224LESSONS
2FONDAMENTI DI FARMACOLOGIA E MEDICINA GENERALE - MOD MEDICINA INTERNA
112LESSONS
3FONDAMENTI DI FARMACOLOGIA E MEDICINA GENERALE - MOD ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA
112LESSONS
4FONDAMENTI DI FARMACOLOGIA E MEDICINA GENERALE - MOD ONCOLOGIA
112LESSONS
5FONDAMENTI DI FARMACOLOGIA E MEDICINA GENERALE - MOD MEDICINA INTERNA
112LESSONS


Objectives
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT SHOULD KNOW:
- THE MAIN MECHANISMS OF PHARMACODYNAMICS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;
- THE PHARMACOKINETIC MECHANISMS AND PARAMETERS;
- THE MAIN TOXICOLOGY MECHANISMS;
- THE MECHANISM OF ACTION, PHARMACOKINETICS, CLINICAL USES, SIDE EFFECTS AND DOSES OF DRUG USED IN MAJOR DISEASES.
THE STUDENT SHOULD BE ALSO ABLE TO PERFORM LITERATURE SEARCHES FOR THE ACQUISITION OF UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE MECHANISM OF ACTION AND SIDE EFFECTS OF MEDICATIONS.
Prerequisites
THE STUDENT SHOULD KNOW THE BASICS OF ANATOMY, BIOCHEMISTRY, PHYSIOLOGY, GENERAL PATHOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND THE GENERAL MECHANISM OF DRUG ACTION AND INTERACTION OF XENOBIOTICS WITH THE BODY.
Contents
PHARMACODYNAMICS. PHARMACOKINETICS. ELEMENTS OF TOXICOLOGY. MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY. NEUROTRANSMISSION: THE AUTONOMIC AND SOMATIC MOTOR NERVOUS SYSTEMS. NEUROTRANSMISSION AND THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. MODULATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND RENAL FUNCTION AND VASCULAR VOLUME. INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNOMODULATION. DRUGS AFFECTING GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION. MEDICATIONS TO TREAT PAIN AND MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS. CHEMOTHERAPY OF MICROBIAL AND NEOPLASTIC DISEASES.

Teaching Methods

LECTURES, SEMINARS
Verification of learning
INDIVIDUAL ORAL EXAM
Texts
GOODMAN & GILMAN'S THE PHARMACOLOGICAL BASIS OF THERAPEUTICS, 12TH EDITION, EDITED BY L. BRUNTON, B. CHABNER, B. KNOLLMAN, MCGRAW HILL, NEW YORK 2011.
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