Unit PHARMACOLOGY
- Course
- School of dental medicine
- Study-unit Code
- 50146506
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Domenico Vittorio Delfino
- Teachers
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- Domenico Vittorio Delfino
- Hours
- 36 ore - Domenico Vittorio Delfino
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Discipline mediche di rilevanza odontoiatrica
- Academic discipline
- BIO/14
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- General knowledge on common features of all drugs; knowledge on drugs commonly used in dentistry office: drugs for pain, inflammation, anti-bacterial, emergency, bleeding, anxiety
- Reference texts
- 1) Farmacologia, principi di base ed applicazioni terapeutiche, F. Rossi - V. Cuomo - C. Riccardi, Edizioni Minerva Medica;
2) Farmacologia Generale e Clinica, B.G. Katzung - S.B. Masters - A.J. Trevor, Piccin
3) ADA/PDR Guide to DENTAL THERAPEUTICS, Thompson - Educational objectives
- Acquiring knowledge on ability to choose the appropriate drug, efficient and safe administration of drugs; knowledge on pharmacological and side effects of drugs commonly used by dentistries
- Prerequisites
- In order to fully understand and apply most knowledge of the course, it is important and useful having successfully passed the following exams of the first semester, first year: "Molecular Biological Basis", "moerphological and functional basis", "Psychological-relational basis" and "Promotion of health and safety". Students need, in fact, to how cells, organs and systems works inside the human body and also to understand the meaning of the therapist care.
- Teaching methods
- class lessons, DVD projections, analysis and discussion of a scientific article, seminars with outside experts, research laboratory exrecise
- Other information
- Year of degree course: third
first semester
total hours: 48
credits: 6
individual study: 102 hours
66% compulsory participation to course
Location: classrooms of School of Medicine, Buiding C, Severi square - Learning verification modality
- The exam is an oral exam.
It consists in a discussion of about 30 minutes. During this discussion the student must show to have reached a good level of knowledge and comprehension on theory of the program (both of general and special pharmacology). The oral exam will evaluate also the communication, the language and the autonomy skills of the students. Students can be driven, during the exam, by immagines showed in the class lessons.
All considered, the exam allows to know the ability to learn, the level of knowledge and the critical ability of the students, beside their capacity to talk and to apply knowledge learned. - Extended program
- General Pharmacology:
1) Introduction
a) Orientation to pharmacology
b) Drug regulation, development, names, and information
2) Basic principles of pharmacolofy
a) Pharmacokinetics
b) Pharmacodynamics
c) Drug interactions
d) Adverse drug reaction and medication errors
SPECIAL PHARMACOLOGY
1) Pain pharmacology
a) basic principles
b) Non steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
c) Opioids
d) Local Aenestetics
2) Emergency drugs: adrenergic agonists
3) Anti-inflammatory drugs
a) glucocorticoids
4) Anti-bacterial drugs
a) penicillins and cefalosporins
b) tetracyclins, macrolides, clindamycin
c) metronidazole
5) Drug for control of bleeding
6) Management of anxiety disorders