Industrial pharmacy

General expected learning outcomes The aim of the course is to provide a comprehensive preparation to the graduate in CTF regarding the pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic profile, adverse effects, pharmacological interactions, and toxicological aspects of the main classes of drugs, as well as their use as a therapeutic tool. Specific skills and technical vocabulary necessary to understand the drug characterization process and to describe their use in therapy will also be provided, as well as skills related to future therapeutic prospects and the rationale for designing new approaches and new drugs that selectively intervene in relevant biological mechanisms in different pathological conditions. 1. Knowledge and understanding Knowledge acquired expected: Origin and development of drugs; pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of the drugs in use; adverse effects and interactions between drugs. Students also have the basic knowledge necessary for the use of drugs in the medical field and the development of drugs in the pharmaceutical industry. The student will know qualitative and quantitative aspects of the receptor drug interaction, principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the main classes of existing drugs (drugs of the nervous system, analgesic drugs, cardiovascular drugs, sexual and cortical steroids, respiratory drugs, digestive drugs, drugs of inflammation, antimicrobial chemotherapeutics, antituberculous chemotherapeutic agents, antifungals, antiprotozoal, antiviral, anthelmintics, antineoplastic drugs, immune system drugs). The student should also acquire ability to exercise critical skills and judgment on the real effectiveness and safety of use of commercial products containing herbal drugs. The applicative autonomy (in the real life) of the concepts learned and the related objectives achieved, will also be made possible by the tools that will be provided to the student during the course, including: scientific literature to refer to, institutional websites, etc., in addition to reference teaching texts. 2. Applying knowledge and understanding Expected acquired skills: Addressing issues related to the development and use of drugs. By the end of the course, the student will be familiar with the most important and widespread therapeutic issues and the therapeutic solutions available to doctors to effectively manage and treat various pathologies. 3. Making judgements The lessons will be all interactive, in which the teacher will ask the students continuous questions to stimulate them and develop their critical sense. These questions will also serve to evaluate students to make connections, integrating the pharmacology and drug therapy considering the already acquired knowledge, biological type (basic pharmacology, anatomy human, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology, pathology). Through these interactive sessions, the student will be able to develop judgment autonomy in the field of pharmacotherapy. The course aims to train future operators who are capable, with total independence, of dispensing and properly advising the public on medicines, self-medication products, and health products. 4. Communication skills Communication skills will be stimulated and developed throughout the entire course. Students will be exposed to dynamic lessons that include in-class question-and-answer sessions and flipped classroom lessons, in which they will play a part themselves in teaching under the guidance of the teacher. Student progress will be evaluated solely through an oral exam, which will cover all program topics, testing the student's ability to communicate what they have learned. 5. Learning skills The student will find the deepening of what he heard in class on the recommended texts, institutional websiets and databases (e.g. Pubmed). The texts will remain the reference point of the student who will know where to go to find in detail the notions that are partly forgotten. Moreover, the student will also have the ability to independently undertake more advanced studies such as those aimed at professional specializations by attending post-graduate courses, specialized schools, and research doctorates, also by participating in mobility programs with foreign countries.