ECTS - PWSZ im. Witelona w Legnicy

The Witelon University of Applied Sciences in Legnica – Field: Nursing
ECTS credits
3
1.Course title
Pharmacology
2. Course contents
Lecture and classes:
Lecture: general pharmacology, drug information sources; drug dosage, calculation of drug doses for children; routes
of drug administration and elimination; mechanisms of drug action; drug distribution and metabolism, unwanted
effects of drugs, drug toxicity; antimicrobials; penicillins, cephalosporins; sulfonamides; aminoglycosides;
tetracyklines; makrolides; linkozamides, glycopeptides, quinolones; antiprotozoal drugs, antifungals; antituberculous
drugs, treatment regimens in tuberculosis; autonomic nervous system; parasympatykotonic drugs,
parasympatykolytics, adrenergics, adrenolytics, sympatolytics, ganglioplegics; antiseptics and desinfectants, acids and
bases, atomic oxygen, protein denaturation preparations; cardiovascular drugs, cardiac glycosides, dopaminergic drugs,
phosphodiesterase inhibitors, calcium channel agonists and antagonists; antiarrhythmic drugs, pathomechanisms of
acute and chronic heart attack and failure, nitrites and nitrates, nitroglycerin; nonsteroid antiinflammatory drugs;
podział; mechanisms of action; COX1, COX2, glucocorticosteroids; analgesic narcotics.
Classes;
a) the students prepare written short summary and oral presentation of three various clinical pharmacology cases
concerning some drugs;
b) the groups consisting of 3-4 students prepare an electronic media presentation on the following pharmacologic
topics: drugs used in respiratory system diseases; psychotropic drugs; drugs used in the treatment of parkinsonism;
drugs used in treatment of gastrointestinal tract diseases, drug therapy in various liver diseases; proton pump inhibitors,
antacids, gastric ulcer pharmacotherapy; anxiolytic drugs, analeptics; antidepressive drugs, hypnotics.
3. Prerequisites:
None.
4. Learning outcomes:
The students are familiar with international drug terminology, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, use of drugs
in adults, patients in advanced age, and in children, indications and contraindications in using drugs, potential drug
interactions, drug side effects and toxicity, and also with rules of specific treatment obligatory in some drug
intoxications. The students understand pathophysiological basis of drug use in clinical practice and in various diseases,
help patients in use of prescribed drugs, inform about mechanism of specific drug actions and eventual unwanted drug
effects or its toxicity, and introduce proper treatment, if necessary.
5. Recommended reading:
1. Rajtar-Cynke G.(red.). Farmakologia – podręcznik dla studentów i absolwentów Wydziałów
Pielęgniarstwa. Czelej, Lublin 2007.
2. Danysz A. Kompendium farmakologii i farmakoterapii. Urban & Partner, Wrocław 2002.
3. Prandota J. Podstawy farmakogenetyki i farmakogenomiki w praktyce klinicznej. Urban & Partner, Wrocław 2003.
4. Prandota J. Postępy pediatrii i farmakologii klinicznej. Wydawnictwo AM we Wrocławiu, 2009.
6. Type of course:
Obligatory
7. Teaching team:
Medical faculty
8. Course structure
Form Number of hours Semester Year
Lecture 40 II 1
Classes 12 II 1
Laboratory
Project
Seminar
Other/ Self education 8 II 1
Total student’s workload 90 II 1
9. Assessment methods
Lecture – examination, classes – written tests are the conditions of ranking the classes
10. Language of instruction
Polish
ECTS Course Catalogue 2010/2011
642