COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHARMACOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MERIÇ YILDIRIM

Offered to

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

This course aims for physiotherapists to gain general knowledge about medications that used during their occupational applications, and to gain minimum knowledge about properties of medications used for systematic diseases and to learn effects of drugs on physiotherapy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learns pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, toxicity and basic concepts of pharmacologic drugs.
2   Learns about parkinson drugs
3   Learns nonsteroid antienflamatory drugs and corticosteroids
4   Learns the effects of drugs on physiotherapery.
5   Learns drug use in elderly

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts of pharmacology, Definition of Pharmacovigilans, Drug sources, Drug development steps
2 Drug application routes
3 Pharmacokinetic terms (absorbtion, distribution)
4 Pharmacokinetic terms (metabolism, excretion)
5 Pharmacodynamic terms (mechanism of action of drugs, Drug interactions)
6 Drug advers and toxic effects (Pharmacovigilans)
7 Drug use in elderly
8 Pharmachology of the drugs used in Parkinsonism treatment
9 Nonsteroidal antienflamatuar drugs Drug use in Parkinson treatment Drugs, effect mechanism, advers effects
10 Pharmacological effects and advers effects of corticosteroids
11 Effects of pharmacholgical agents used for musculoskeletal system on rehabilitation
12 Effects of pharmacholgical agents used for neurological system on rehabilitation
13 Effects of pharmacholgical agents used for cardiovascular system on rehabilitation
14 Effects of pharmacholgical agents used for respiratory system on rehabilitation

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Dökmeci I. Sağlık Yüksekokulları için Farmakoloji. Nobel Tıp Kitabevi Yayını, 2010.
2. Kayaalp O. Rasyonel Tedavi Yönünden Tıbbi Farmakoloji; Nobel Tıp Kitabevi Yayını,
2009.
3. Altan M. Katzung Farmakoloji, Güneş Tıp Yayınevi, Istanbul, 2010.
4. Kara H. Sağlık Yüksekokulları için Farmakoloji, Göktuğ Yayınları, Fırat Üniversitesi Elazığ
Sağlık Yüksekokulu, 2009.
5. Jobst E, Panus P, Kruidering-Hall M. Pharmacology for the physical therapist. 2nd ed. McGraw Hill, 2020.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 +FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Passing the lecture depends on attendance to the lectures, mid-term and final examinations.
Passing grade is 60/100.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

%70 attendance is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Aylin Arıcı
Tel: 4123909
e-mail: draylinarici@gmail.com

Meriç Yıldırım
Tel:4124938
e-mail:meric.senduran@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday (16.00-17.00)

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 0,5 7
Preparation for midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for final exam 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 25

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

CONTACT INFORMATION
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