GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
PHYSICOPHARMACOLOGY/FRL-5110
Course Title: PHYSICOPHARMACOLOGY
Credits 3 ECTS 9
Course Semester 3 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  English
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learns the neuroleptics, their mechanisms of effect and classification.
Learns the drugs used to treat depression and their classification.
Learns the drugs used to treat mania and their classification.

 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face-to-face.
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Drugs used to treat schizophrenia
2. Week  Phenothiazines
3. Week  Atypical neuroleptics
4. Week  Extrapyramidal side effects of neuroleptic drugs
5. Week  Tricyclic antidepressants
6. Week  Non-tricyclic antidepressants
7. Week  Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
8. Week  Selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor
9. Week  Inhibitors of MAO
10. Week  Lithium carbonate
11. Week  Antimanic drugs
12. Week  Electroconvulsive therapy
13. Week  Clinic pharmacology of antidepressant drugs
14. Week  Clinic pharmacology of antimanic drugs.
15. Week  Homework assessment and discussion.
16. Week  Homework assessment and discussion.
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
70
 Assignment
1
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
1
10
 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
3
3
9
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
16
2
32
 Searching in Internet and Library
16
3
48
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
0
 Preparing a Presentation
16
2
32
 Presentation
16
2
32
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
16
2
32
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
16
2
32
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
217
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
8.68
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
9
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3
4X
5
6X
7
8X
9X
10
11
12
13X
14X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (All faculty members of the department of pharmacology.)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/barun)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (barun@gazi.edu.tr; sbarun99@hotmail.com)