COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
VET 4038 CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY COMPULSORY 1 0 0 2

Offered By

Veterinary Medicine

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FERAY ALTAN

Offered to

Veterinary Medicine

Course Objective

The aim of this course to educate qualified students in the field of principles of drug therapy; actions, dosage, pharmacokinetics and safety of drugs; individual and herd therapy of animals

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Comprehension of effects of drugs in sick animals
2   To know basic principles of drugs in sick animals
3   To adjust use and dosage of drugs in sick animals
4   Choose of drugs according to diseases in sick animals
5   Choose prescription writing for diseases
6   To manage of choosing of drugs, dosage, prescription writing for diseases
7   To know harmful effects of drugs in clinical use for animals
8   Comprehension of drug interactions in clinical use

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to clinical pharmacology (definition, therapy principles in patient animals)
2 Pharmacokinetics in patient animals and factors acting drug use
3 Basic principles of use of drugs in sick animals
4 The bioavailability and bioequivalence of drugs
5 Basic act mechanism of drugs
6 Dosage principles in sick animals
7 Dosage principles in sick animals
8 Drug interactions
9 Choosing of drugs according to organ diseases (kidney, liver and cardiac)
10 Drug use for age and animal species (for neonatal, young, mature and old animals, and for species)
11 Prophylactic drug use in animals
12 Drug use in herd treatment, herd sensitivity
13 Drug toxicity
14 Harmfull effects of drugs using in veterinary medicine for human health

Recomended or Required Reading

Veteriner Farmakoloji. Cilt 1 (KAYA S. 2014) Medisan Yayınevi
Özel Farmakoloji (CEYLAN, S., 2004), U.Ü.Veteriner Fakültesi Yayınları
Lippincott s Illustrated Reviews: Pharmacology (HARVEY, R.A., CHAMPE, P.C.,2012) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a Wolters Kluwer business.
Veteriner Ilaç Rehberi, Tedavi El Kitabı 2021-2022 (Traş B., Yazar E., Elmas M., 2021), Nobel Tıp Yayınevi
Veteriner Hekimlikte Antibiyotikler (Pratik Bilgiler Rehberi) (Yarsan E., Altıntaş L., Yurdakök Dikmen B., Ekici H., Aydın F.G., 2021), Güneş Tıp Kitabevi
Ilaç ve Zehir Laboratuvar Uygulama Kitabı (Doğan A., 2019), Akademisyen Kitabevi

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, written, interactive, seminar, practice

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

Students will be evaluated with the questions to be asked in the midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The responsibility of continuing to 70% of theoretical courses during the semester belongs to the student.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Deparment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cumhuriyet Mahallesi, Cami Sokak, No: 3, Posta Kodu: 35890, Kiraz/IZMIR

e-mail: feray.altan@deu.edu.tr
phone: 0 (232) 572 35 30- 14517

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 3 5 15
Preparation for final exam 3 5 15
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 60

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