Pharmacology

Course Information
TitleΦΑΡΜΑΚΟΛΟΓΙΑ / Pharmacology
Code100601C
FacultyHealth Sciences
SchoolDentistry
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorChrysanthi Sardeli
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID240000642

Programme of Study: UPS of School of Dentistry (2010-today)

Registered students: 15
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
CoreCompulsory Course635
Class Information
Academic Year2022 – 2023
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Class ID
600208297
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
  • 100102C Medical Biology
  • 100202C Biochemistry I
  • 100203C Physiology I for Dental Student
  • 100303C Physiology II for Dental Student
General Prerequisites
The above subjects are regarded as prerequisites for the understanding of the course Pharmacology. There are no prerequisites by law.
Learning Outcomes
After completing the course students will understand the basic concepts of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, as well as the mechanism of action, clinical relevance and indications, efficacy, contra-indications, adverse reactions, drug-drug interactions, and toxicity of drugs affecting the ANS, CNS, cardiovascular, hematopoietic systems, endocrine, gastrointestinal, and immune systems, as well as chemotherapeuticals, anti-inflammatory drugs and antidotes, in humans.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Work in an interdisciplinary team
  • Generate new research ideas
  • Design and manage projects
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Respect natural environment
  • Demonstrate social, professional and ethical commitment and sensitivity to gender issues
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction in Pharmacology, terminology, principles of pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion), pharmacodynamics (receptors), pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system (cholinergic agonists/antagonists, adrenergic agonists/antagonists), pharmacology of the central nervous system (anxiolytics, hypnotics, antiepileptic drugs, stimulants, anesthetics, antidepressive drugs, neuroleptic drugs, opioids), cardiovascular pharmacology: (Only the Table with categories of vasodilators drugs, Haemostasis and Thrombosis drugs. Pharmacology of the endocrine, gastrointestinal and immune systems, chemotherapy for cancer and for bacterial, virus, fungal and parasitic infections, skin pharmacology, vitamins, trace elements and antidotes, drug dependence, and drug prescribing, in humans.
Keywords
pharmacological definitions, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, agonist, antagonist, adrenergic, cholinergic, CNS, cardiovascular, systematic pharmacology, chemotherapy, indications, contraindications, mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, side effects, poisoning antidotes.
Educational Material Types
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures522✓✓✓
Tutorial522✓✓✓
Field trips and participation in conferences / seminars / activities261
Exams✓
Total1305
Student Assessment
Description
The students are graded via e-quiz exam (containing multiple choice questions).
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
1. ΦΑΡΜΑΚΟΛΟΓΙΑ "H.P. RANG,M.M. DALE,J.M.RITTER,P.K. MOORE" ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΠΑΡΙΣΙΑΝΟΥ 2018, ΑΘΗΝΑ. κωδ. ΕΥΔΟΞΟΥ: 59395656 2. ΦΑΡΜΑΚΟΛΟΓΙΑ "R. A. HARVEY, K. Whalen,"ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΠΑΡΙΣΙΑΝΟΥ 2015, ΑΘΗΝΑ, κωδ. ΕΥΔΟΞΟΥ: 50660148 3. Η Φαρμακολογική βάση της Θεραπευτικής, "GOODMAN & GILLMANS ΦΑΡΜΑΚΟΛΟΓΙΑ, L. BRUNTON, B. CHABNER, B. KNOLLMAN BROKEN HILL PUBLISHERS LTD 2015, ΑΘΗΝΑ, κωδ. ΕΥΔΟΞΟΥ: 13256985
Additional bibliography for study
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Last Update
29-10-2020