COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RADIOPHARMACOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RDF 5009 RADIOPHARMACOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Radiopharmaceutical Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUKADDES GÜMÜŞTEKIN

Offered to

Radiopharmaceutical Sciences

Course Objective

Aim of the coursa are teach pharmacology and pharmacology concepts , interaction between drug-radiopharmaceutical, receptors as target molecular models. and Side effects of radiopharmaceuticals

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to describe basic concepts about radiopharmacology
2   Being able to describe target molecules of pharmacology
3   Being able to express principles of radiopharmaceuticals
4   Being able to evaluate molecular models of therapatic and diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals.
5   Being able to determine adverse effect of radiopharmaceuticals

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to pharmacology General concepts
2 General eefect mechanism of drugs
3 Introduction to radiopharmacology General concepts
4 Target molecules for drugs and molecules Receptors, ion blockers, enzymes and carrier molecules
5 Intracellular signal transduction and target molecules of drugs-I
6 Intracellular signal transduction and target molecules of drugs -II
7 Molecular models in drug-receptor interaction -I Radioligand labeling methods
8 Molecular models in drug-receptor interaction -II Others
9 Overwiev of radiopharmaceuticals
10 Properties of ideal radiopharmaceuticals
11 Diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals
12 Therapatic radiopharmaceuticals
13 Spesific radiopharmaceuticals
14 Side effects of radiopharmaceuticals and features should be considered
15 The future of radiopharmaceuticals and objectives
16 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s)/References/Materials:
Main Reference:
DRUGDEX® System: Klasco RK (Ed): DRUGDEX® System. Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado (2012).
Martindale® System: Klasco RK (Ed): DRUGDEX® System. Thomson Micromedex, Greenwood Village, Colorado (2012).
Auxiliary references: http://www.iaea.org/About/Policy/GC/GC51/GC51InfDocuments/English/gc51inf-3-att2_en.pdf
1. http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Scientific_guideline/2009/09/WC500003653.pdf

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Homework

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation will be performed by final exam and power point presentation.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to attend to lessons .
2. The instructor has right to make practical quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mukaddes.gumustekin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday between 10:00-12:00 a.m.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 0
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 2 30
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.1
LO.244
LO.3
LO.4
LO.5555