COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENERAL PHARMACHOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ANS 1147 GENERAL PHARMACHOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Anesthesia

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEHMET ATEŞ

Offered to

Anesthesia

Course Objective

The detailed course objectives are: to learn the general information and concepts about pharmacology (such as general mechanisms of action of drugs,drug administration routes, drug-drug interraction), to have comprehensive information about drugs used in anesthesia and related drugs, drugs interact with anesthetic drugs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to know pharmaceutics and administration routine.
2   Be able to know pharmacokinetics and mechanisms of action of drugs.
3   Be able to know factors that change the effects of drugs and drug-drug interaction
4   Be able to know autonomic nervous system-related drugs
5   Be able to know classification of drugs used in premedication, mechanism of action, unwanted effects, drug interactions
6   Be able to know classification of local anesthetic drugs, mechanism of action, unwanted effects, drug interactions.
7   Be able to know classification of general anesthetic drugs, mechanism of action,unwanted effects,drug interractions

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Pharmacology I Classification of pharmaceutics, Drug admistration routine
2 Basic Pharmacology II Absorption of drugs Distribution of drugs
3 Basic Pharmacology III Methabolism of drugs Elimination of drugs
4 Basic Pharmacology IV Mechanisms of action of drugs Factors that change the effects of drugs drug-drug interaction: Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic
5 Autonomic nervous system I Introduction to autonomic nervous system
6 Autonomic nervous system II Parasympathomimetic drugs Parasympatholitic drugs
7 Autonomic nervous system III Sympathomimetic drugs Sympatholitic drugs
8 Drugs used in premedication Mechanism of action Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles Side effects and contraindications
9 Local anesthetic Drugs Mechanism of action Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles Side effects and contraindications
10 General anesthetic drugs Mechanism of action Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles Side effects and contraindications
11 Skeletal muscle relaxants Mechanism of action Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles Side effects and contraindications
12 Drugs affecting the balance of fluid electrolyte acid and base Drugs used in the imbalance of fluid electrolyte Drugs used in the imbalance of acid and base

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook
Rasyonel Tedavi Yönünden Tıbbi Farmakoloji. S. Oğuz Kayaalp. Pelikan Yayıncılık. 12. Baskı, 2009
Materials:
Course presentations.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentations.
Activities are given in detail in the "Assessment Methods", and "Work Load Calculation" section.

Assessment Methods

To be announced!


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students achievement will be measured by passing the final exam.

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Optional

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

email: m.ates@deu.edu.tr tel: 24703

Office Hours

Optional

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 2 3 6
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Midterm 2 1 2
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

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
LO.61
LO.71