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534-202 Pharmacology (Practical)

Note:

1. Special requirement: Laboratory coat
2. Experiments involving the use of animals are an essential part of this subject; exemption is not possible.

Credit points: 4.5

Coordinator: Dr R Loiacono

Pre/Corequisite: Prequisites: Chemistry 610-120, 610-140, 610-160, Biology 600-141 and 600-142 (Before 1996: 600-101 Biology); exemption may be considered in special cases (e. g. students taking Psychology in first year). Corequisite: Pharmacology 534-201

Contact: 39 hours practical work (one 3-hour session a week)

Timetable: Second semester

Objectives:

By the end of the second year teaching program in Pharmacology (practical) the student should:

Comprehend:

• the basic concepts of pharmacology including; the dose-response relationship, competitive antagonism, non-competitive and functional antagonism, partial agonists and spare receptors, pharmacodynamic modelling;
• basic principles of toxicology including the pharmaco-dynamics and pharmacokinetics of ethanol and pharmaco-kinetic modelling;
• basic pharmacology of examples of therapeutic drugs, such as vasodilators, ß -adrenoceptor agonists and antagonists.

Have developed:

• skills to carry out various types of pharmacological experiments using a variety of techniques;
• skills to record pharmacological observations; quantitative and qualitative laboratory manipulative skills; computer expertise to allow the performance and analysis of laboratory experiments;
• skills to analyse the mechanisms of drug action.

Appreciate:

• the importance of good experimental design and execution in pharmacological sciences.

Content:

Basic concepts of Pharmacology: dose/response relationship; competitive antagonism, non-competitive and functional antagonism; partial agonists and spare receptors; pharmacodynamic modelling; antagonism of responses to nerve stimulation; toxicology. Human Pharmacology: pharmacodynamics and pharmaco-kinetics of ethanol; pharmacokinetic modelling; coronary vasodilators; ß -adrenoceptor antagonists; drug profile analysis.

Assessment:

Continuous assessment throughout the subject; a 1-hour computer based practical examination

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