Medicine and Surgery

Main Objectives The course aims at providing students with theoretical and practical knowledge of general pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, molecular mechanisms of action for drug therapeutical- and side-effects, general mechanisms of drug interactions, methods for studying drug effects on human being, ethical, social and economic implication in drug prescriptions Expected outcomes: autonomous use of the principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics and evidence-based planning of drug therapies. Traditional lessons will allow students the theoretical basis for the correct classification of the main therapeutic uses of drugs Specific Objectives Knowledge and understanding: passing the exam guarantees the knowledge of the therapeutic uses of drugs, the variability of response in relation to genetic and pathophysiological factors, the drug interactions and the criteria for defining the therapeutic patterns in the different systems envisaged in the core curriculum. Applying knowledge and understanding: passing the exam means knowing and knowing how to apply the principles and methods of clinical pharmacology, including pharmaco-surveillance and drug epidemiology, the side effects and toxicity of drugs and substances of abuse in the various equipment provided in the core curriculum . Making judgment: passing the exam implies the ability to evaluate independently and appropriately the principles and methods of clinical pharmacology, including pharmaco-surveillance and drug epidemiology, the side effects and toxicity of drugs and substances of abuse. Communication skills: passing the exam implies the ability to effectively expose the clinical reasoning that leads to the most appropriate pharmacological therapy from the collection of anamnestic and instrumental findings. Learning skills: passing the exam implies the ability to learn the logic that guides the therapeutic use of the drug and the variability of the response in relation to genetic and physiopathological factors, which leads to the correct use of drugs.