Pharmacology (3cr)
Course unit code: SH00BX99
General information
- Credits
- 3 cr
Objective
The student knows various drugs and medicines and can use them appropriately to treat diseases and dysfuncion. The student is familiar with the effective mechanisms of medicines and understands how drugs affect the organism. The students knows the central features, uses and side and combined effects of common drugs.
Content
Drugs and medicines. Appropriate use of medicines. Effective mechanisms of medicines. Medicines for different purposes. Side and combined effects.
Qualifications
No prerequisites
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
1-2
The student
- lists various drugs and pharmaceutical products and knows how to use them on a satisfactory level to treat various illnesses and disorders
- names the effective mechanisms of various medicines and understands the impact of various drugs on the human organism
- describes the primary features of the more common drugs, their uses, side effects and combined effects
Assessment criteria, good (3)
3-4
The student
- describes various drugs and pharmaceutical products and know how to use them well to treat various illnesses and disorders
- describes the effective mechanisms of various medicines and understand the impact of various drugs on the human organism
- describes the primary features of the more common drugs, their uses, side effects and combined effects
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
5
The student
- knows various drugs and pharmaceutical products and knows how to use them appropriately to treat various illnesses and disorders
- is familiar with the effective mechanisms of various medicines and understands the impact of various drugs on the human organism
- is familiar with the primary features of the more common drugs, their uses, side effects and combined effects
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Failed = 0
The student
- is not able to achieve the criteria on a satisfactory level