GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY/FRL-4040
Course Title: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY
Credits 3 ECTS 6
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Compulsory
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learns general principles of pharmacology.
Learns basic properties of drug action.
Learns sources, classification and names of drugs.
Learns basic and clinical evaluation of new drugs.
Learns bioavaibility and therapeutic drug monitoring.
Learns pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics properties of drugs.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Introduction to pharmacology
2. Week  Basic mechanisms of drug action
3. Week  Absorption, metabolism, distribution and elimination of drugs-1
4. Week  Absorption, metabolism, distribution and elimination of drugs-2
5. Week  Drug administration way
6. Week  Dose-Concentration Relationship
7. Week  Drug – Receptor interaction-1
8. Week  Drug – Receptor interaction-2
9. Week  Drug-drug interactions
10. Week  Clinical relevance of drug metabolism
11. Week  Pharmacogenetics
12. Week  Drug addiction and drug abuse
13. Week  Pharmacovigilans
14. Week  Basic and clinical evaluation of new drugs
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
50
 Assignment
0
0
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
6
3
18
 Searching in Internet and Library
6
3
18
 Material Design and Implementation
5
3
15
 Report Preparing
1
3
3
 Preparing a Presentation
6
3
18
 Presentation
4
3
12
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
3
6
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
2
3
6
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
138
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5.52
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
6
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3
4
5X
6X
7
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13
14X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Prof. Fatma AKAR)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/fakar)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (fakar@gazi.edu.tr)