GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY/FRL-3040
Course Title: GENERAL PHARMACOLOGY
Credits 3 ECTS 9
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learns the definitions and concepts of pharmacology
Understands drug absorption characteristics according to the routes of drug administration
Can discuss the properties of drug distribution and binding
Can evaluate drug biotransformation concepts
Gets familiar with the pharmacokinetic parameters and able to interpret time-concentration relationships
Understands underlying mechanisms in drug actions and can interpret concentration-effect relationships
Understands factors modifying drug effect
Can explain drug-drug interactions in terms of pharmacokinetics
Can explain drug-drug interactions in terms of pharmacodynamics
Gets familiar with the importance of pharmacogenetics in drug effect
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Terms and definitions in pharmacology, Nomenclature and classification of drugs, Pharmaceutical forms, Principles of rational drug therapy
2. Week  Routes for drug administration and drug passage through biological membranes
3. Week  Drug absorption
4. Week  Drug distribution within the body and binding, binding kinetics, volume of distribution and its importance in clinics
5. Week  Factors affecting drug distribution
6. Week  Drug biotransformation
7. Week  Drug elimination and clearance
8. Week  Mechanisms of drug action and concentration-effect relationships
9. Week  Individual factors modifying drug effect
10. Week  Pharmacogenetics
11. Week  Factors modifying drug effect due to drug and drug administration
12. Week   Drug-nutrition and drug-test interactions
13. Week  Drug-drug interactions
14. Week  Drug toxicity
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
0
0
 Assignment
1
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
20
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
80
 -- 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
11
6
66
 Searching in Internet and Library
11
6
66
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
3
3
9
 Presentation
1
3
3
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
0
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
5
6
30
 Other (should be emphasized)
3
3
9
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
225
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
9
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
9
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
14X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   ( Faculty members of Department of Medical Pharmacology)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
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