Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
162000503107PHARMACOLOGYElective233
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
Name of Lecturer(s)
Öğr.Gör. Murat Şentürk
Learning Outcomes
11. Has the background about the basic concepts and terminology of pharmacology. 2 1. Has the background about the basic concepts and terminology of pharmacology. 3 2. The sources and general properties of drugs, the absorption of drugs applied to the body, the body distribution, biotransformation and excretion of the body will have information about. 4 2. The sources and general properties of drugs, the absorption of drugs applied to the body, the body distribution, biotransformation and excretion of the body will have information about. 5 3. Know the effects of drugs on the body, the routes and doses of administration and the interactions between other drugs and their undesirable effects. 6 3. Know the effects of drugs on the body, the routes and doses of administration and the interactions between other drugs and their undesirable effects. 7 4. Makes drug forms and prescription. 8 4. Makes drug forms and prescription. 9 5. Know the sources and properties of drugs acting on the body systems. 10 5. Know the sources and properties of drugs acting on the body systems. 11 6. Knows the properties, pharmacokinetics, effects, undesirable effects, drug interactions, uses and doses of drugs acting on the nervous system, cardiovascular system, blood and blood forming organs. 12 6. Knows the properties, pharmacokinetics, effects, undesirable effects, drug interactions, uses and doses of drugs acting on the nervous system, cardiovascular system, blood and blood forming organs. 13 7. To be able to write prescriptions of drugs. 14 7. To be able to write prescriptions of drugs.
Mode of Delivery
Daytime Class
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
11 Introduction to pharmacology, sources of drugs, doses, structure-effect relation and medical chemistry 2 Pharmacokinetics (ways of using drugs, absorption, distribution, biotransformation and excretion) 3 Effects of drugs (effects, dose-intensity-effect relationship, interaction and undesirable effects of drugs) 4 Central nervous system drugs (introduction, general anesthetics) 5 Central nervous system drugs (soothing and sleeping drugs, convulsive and psychotropic drugs) 6 Central nervous system drugs (centrally acting muscle relaxants, local anesthetics, narcotic painkillers and antagonists) 7 Central nervous system drugs (non-narcotic painkillers, drugs used in drops disease, drugs stimulating the central nervous system) 8 Midterm exam 9 Autonomic nervous system drugs (introduction, sympathomimetic drugs) 10 Autonomic nervous system drugs (sympatholytic and parasympathomimetic drugs) 11 Autonomic nervous system drugs (parasympatholytic drugs, drugs affecting autonomous ganglia, neuro-muscular blocking drugs) 12 Cardiovascular system drugs (introduction, drugs that increase and decrease the contractile strength of the heart muscle, drugs that correct rhythm in the heart) 13 Cardiovascular system drugs (drugs used in the anterior chest pain, enlarging the peripheral veins and lowering blood pressure) 14 Drugs affecting blood and blood-shaping structure
Recommended or Required Reading
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Attending Lectures14228
Discussion515
Question-Answer111
Observation14114
Brain Storming111
Individual Study for Mid term Examination11010
Reading14114
Performance515
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)79
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
LO1
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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