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Last update: doc. MUDr. Jiří Slíva, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)
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Last update: doc. MUDr. Jiří Slíva, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)
The aim of the subject is to learn students to understand general pharmacological principles. This understanding is important for the study of specific classes of drugs (scheduled later in courses of the 3rd, 4th and 5th section and of the Master’s study of General Medicine). Physicians should understand how and why drugs act in order to use them rationally in therapy. An additional aim is to learn students to prescribe a drug. |
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Last update: doc. MUDr. Jiří Slíva, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)
1. Recommended textbook: Pharmacology - H. P. Rang, et al. - 10th ed. - Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2019 (or 9th ed.) or (alternatively) Basic & clinical pharmacology - B. G. Katzung - 14th ed. - Lange Medi. Books - McGraw-Hill 2018 (or 13th ed. )
2. Additional texts convenient for a suplementary reading: Pharmacology (Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews). 6th ed. Wolters Kluver/Lippincott , 2015 (or 5th ed.) Principles of Pharmacology (The Pathophysiological Basis of Drug Therapy) Golan D.E. et al. , Wolters Kluver/Lippincott , 2012 Pharmacology An Illustrated Review Simmons M.A., Thieme, 2012 Medical Pharmacology at a Glance - M. J. Neal. 8th ed. Wiley-Blackwell, 2015 (or 7th ed.) British National Formulary No.70[or higher] - BMJ Books, September 2015 [or more recent editions]. |
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Last update: doc. MUDr. Jiří Slíva, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)
Methods of teaching Teaching is in the form of lectures and practicals. The topic of lecture is mostly discussed in the immediately following practical by a form of quiz. Therefore, students should be coming to practicals with basic knowledge on the scheduled topic acquired in the lecture, its study materials (e.g. *.ppt ducuments on http://vyuka.lf3.cuni.cz/) and from recommended literature. The pharmacology room is equipped with computer stations for students and with a software enabling computer simulation of drug effects, and pharmacokinetics. |
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Last update: doc. MUDr. Jiří Slíva, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)
Requirements for examination (2023-2024)
A condition for successfully passing the subject "General Pharmacology" is to meet the criteria of a Final test from general pharmacology. A prerequisite for writing the final test is obtaining credit from general pharmacology. The credit is obtained after at least 80% attendance of practicals and meeting criteria of four interim tests (Tests for credits) during the course of General pharmacology: 1st TEST for credit - PHARMACOKINETICS (Basic principles, biotransformation and elimination of drugs - Teaching Unit (TU) 1-4) - 5th week of the semester 2nd TEST for credit - PHARMACODYNAMICS I (Pharmacology of autonomic nervous system - TU 5-8) - 7th week of the semester 3rd TEST for credit - PHARMACODYNAMICS II (Pharmacology of selected receptors, ion channels, enzymes, and regulatory systems - TU 9, 11-16, 18) - 10th week of the semester 4th TEST for credit - DRUG PRESCRIPTION (TU 1, 2, 24) - 13th week of the semester
The tests for credits will be multiple-choice, will be written during practicals in semester weeks given above.
Examination The examination will be in a form of the final multiple-choice test.
Capacity: 75 students per term.
In case of an epidemiological situation that does not allow the exam to be taken in person, the examination will take place in the form of online tests.
The questions of the final test will be mainly based on topics in seminars and lectures (!!!):
Basic terminology in pharmacology Principles of pharmacokinetics Autonomic pharmacology - sympathetic system. Autonomic pharmacology - parasympathetic system. Biotransformation and elimination of drugs, drug interactions. Drugs acting via dopamine, serotonin, histamine Drugs acting by inhibition of enzymes Drugs acting via ion channels and transporters Principles of pharmacologic blood pressure control Drug and remedy addiction Biologic therapy, gene therapy, pharmacogenetics Drug discovery and development. Preclinical and clinical trials. EBM. Placebo. Adverse drug reactions. Regulatory agencies (EMA etc). Pharmacovigilance. Pharmacoeconomics. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), homeopathy Principles of toxicology - intoxications, termination of drug effect.
In case of failure in the final test, a student will have a possibility of another test (2nd test). In case of failure in the 2nd test, a 3rd test will be possible as the last chance.
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Last update: doc. MUDr. Jiří Slíva, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)
General Pharmacology 2023/2024
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Last update: doc. MUDr. Jiří Slíva, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)
Requirements for the study of the subject A successful completion of parts of 1st and 2nd section of the curriculum, particularly those of Cellular basis of medicine and Structure and functions of human body. |