Pharmacology and Therapeutics I

Code:

MD3504

Acronym:

FT I

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Clinical pharmacology

Instance: 2015/2016 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Mestrado Integrado
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Dental Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMD	70	PLANO OFICIAL 2007/2008 BOLONHA	3	-	4	54	108

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

"Pharmacology and Therapeutics I" (3rd year; 1st semester) has two main objectives:
- knowledge acquisition on the pharmacology of the various systems, continuing the syllabus of the previous unit "Pharmacology" (2nd year; 2nd semester);
- a comprehensive and integrated understanding of the various pharmacological groups, aiming the knowledge of the actual drugs and the acquisition of skills for a critical assessment of the new drugs.

Learning outcomes and competences

“Pharmacology and Therapeutics I” is set up to provide the students with a comprehensive knowledge of the various pharmacological groups. This view is an essential requirement for the prescription of drugs that are used in dentistry, and also for the possible implications that drugs with other therapeutic indications may have in the clinical setting, mainly related to drug interactions and adverse drug reaction to oral health. This knowledge is applied later in the unit "Pharmacology and Therapeutics II" (4th year, 2nd semester), which addresses the aspects related to therapeutics in dentistry.
A comprehensive pharmacological preparation instills in the students the importance of an integrated view of the pharmacological profile of a drug and the underlying pathophysiological process in the optimization of drug therapy.

Working method

Presencial

Program

I. Pharmacology of the body systems

Pharmacology of the central nervous system (Chemical transmission in the central nervous system. Targets for drug action; Drugs used in neurodegenerative diseases; Anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs; Antidepressant drugs; Antypsychotic drugs; Antiepileptic drugs; Central nervous system stimulants; Analgesic drugs; Opiate analgesics; Opioid antagonists; Other analgesic drugs; General anaesthetic agents; Drug addiction)
Pharmacology of inflammation
Drugs affecting hemostasis and hematopoiesis
Pharmacology of the cardiovascular system
Pharmacology of the respiratory system
Pharmacology of the gastrointestinal tract

II. Drugs to treat infection

III. Antineoplastic drugs 

IV. Immunotherapy 

In each pharmacological group, the following aspects are considered: main drugs, mechanism of action and pharmacological actions, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic indications, adverse reactions and precautions and contraindications.

Mandatory literature

Serafim Guimarães, Daniel Moura, Patrício Soares da Silva; “Terapêutica medicamentosa e suas bases farmacológicas”, Porto Editora, 2013. ISBN: 978-972-0-01794-9

Teaching methods and learning activities

“Pharmacology and Therapeutics I” is set up to provide the students with a comprehensive knowledge of the various pharmacological groups. This view is an essential requirement for the prescription of drugs that are used in dentistry, and also for the possible implications that drugs with other therapeutic indications may have in the clinical setting, mainly related to drug interactions and adverse drug reaction to oral health. This knowledge is applied later in the unit "Pharmacology and Therapeutics II" (4th year, 2nd semester), which addresses the aspects related to therapeutics in dentistry.

A comprehensive pharmacological preparation instills in the students the importance of an integrated view of the pharmacological profile of a drug and the underlying pathophysiological process in the optimization of drug therapy.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
	Exame		70,00
	Participação presencial		10,00
	Teste		10,00
	Trabalho escrito		10,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the established by the Pedagogical Council of FMDUP.

To meet the following requirements of the continuous evaluation:

- Presentation, resolution and discussion of case-problems/clinical cases during P lectures (10% of the final classification)
- Presentation of an issue related with the syllabus, in a TP lecture (10% of the final classification) 
- Test focusing a integrative clinical case, at the end of the semester (10% of the final classification)

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation focuses on the integration of knowledge and decision making. The final classification  includes the components of continuous evaluation and the final examination.

- Continuous evaluation – 30% (0 to 6, out of 20) (A)
1. Presentation, resolution and discussion of case-problems/clinical cases during P lectures: 10%;
2. Presentation of an issue related with the syllabus, in a TP lecture: 10%; 
3. Test focusing a integrative clinical case, at the end of the semester: 10%).

- Final examination: 70% (0 to 14, out of 20) (B)

Final classification: A + B

Minimal classification for approval: 10 

Maximal classification: 20

Classification improvement

According to the established by the Pedagogical Council of FMDUP.