Pharmaceutical Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Medicine |
Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S (of 09-09-2019 to 09-02-2020)
Cycles of Study/Courses
Teaching Staff - Responsibilities
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
To promote a critical understanding of the medicament, from discovery to assessment and rational use. This approach will both facilitate the learning and application of rules adequate for the rational selection and prescription of drugs, as well as understanding the role of medical doctors in clinical pharmacology units, in regulatory agencies, in industry and in contract research organizations.
Learning outcomes and competences
Knowledge of the role of medical doctors in clinical pharmacology units
Working method
Presencial
Program
Medicament – from the idea to the development, regulation and sources of information; medical aspects of the pharmaceutical marketing. Clinical pharmacology and clinical trials; pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics; gene therapy; pharmacoepidemiology; pharmacoeconomy. Drug therapy in special populations. General rules of drug therapy. Risk/benefit assessment; drug interactions; drug iatrogeny and pharmacovigilance.
Mandatory literature
Guimarães S. e colaboradores; Guimarães S. e colaboradores; Terapêutica Medicamentosa e suas Bases Farmacológicas (5ª EdiçãGuimarães, S., e col. (Ed.), Porto Editora, 2006., Porto Editora, 2006. ISBN: 972-0-060-30--1, Porto Editora. ISBN: ISBN: 972-0-060-30--1
Teaching methods and learning activities
The classes are constituted by seminars and theoretical-practical or practical sessions, as well as tutorial oriented work.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Designation |
Weight (%) |
Exame |
100,00 |
Total: |
100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Designation |
Time (hours) |
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese |
30,00 |
Estudo autónomo |
20,00 |
Frequência das aulas |
6,00 |
Realização de Estágio |
20,00 |
Trabalho escrito |
5,00 |
Total: |
81,00 |
Eligibility for exams
Exame
Calculation formula of final grade
Terão aprovação os estudantes classificados com, pelo menos, 9,5 valores no teste escrito ou 10 valores na prova oral
Observations
Clinical Pharmacology (10th Edition) - Bennett, PN & Braun, M.J., Churchill Livingstone, 2008. Basic and Clinical pharmacology (11th ed.) - Katzung, B.G. (Ed), McGraw-Hill, 2009. Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (12th ed.) - Murray, R.K., et al. (Ed.), McGraw-Hill, 2011. Textbook of Therapeutics. Drug and Disease Management (8th edition) - Helms, R.A., et al. (Ed.), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006; Terapêutica Medicamentosa e suas Bases Farmacológicas (5ª Edição) - Guimarães, S., e col. (Ed.), Porto Editora, 2006.