Pharmacology (2 cr)
Code: SH00DN04-3004
General information
- Enrollment
- 22.04.2025 - 03.09.2025
- Registration for the implementation has begun.
- Timing
- 25.08.2025 - 31.12.2025
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 2 cr
- Local portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- SeAMK Nursing and Public Health Nursing
- Campus
- SeAMK Seinäjoki, Kampustalo
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Health Care, Nursing
- Degree Programme in Public Health Nursing
- Teachers
- Hanna Keski-Saari
- Groups
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MSH25KBachelor of Health Care, Nursing, Multimodal implementation
- Course
- SH00DN04
Evaluation scale
1-5
Objective
The student
- is familiar with different medicines and pharmaceutical products.
- knows the basics of the mechanisms of action of different medicines in the body.
- knows the main properties, uses, side effects and interactions of medicines.
Content
Introduction to Pharmacology - a) Pharmacodynamics and b) Pharmacokinetics
Medication in different disorders:
Antimicrobials
Respiratory drugs
Medicines for gastrointestinal diseases
Drugs for endocrinological diseases
Analgesics
Rheumatoid arthritis medications
Cardiovascular drugs
Anticoagulants and their challenges
Adverse drug reactions and interactions
Drug-treated central nervous system diseases
Ophthalmic drugs
Medicines for sexually transmitted diseases and urinary tract diseases
Drug treatment
Medication for skin diseases
Materials
Moodlen materiaali
Teaching methods
Verkkokurssi
Student workload
1op = 27 h opiskelijan työtä
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
1-2
The student
- can list various medicines and pharmaceutical products.
- can name the effective mechanisms of various medicines and understands the impact of various medicines on the human organism.
- can describe the primary features of the more common medicines, their use, side effects and combined effects.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
3-4
The student
- can describe various medicines and pharmaceutical products.
- can describes the effective mechanisms of various medicines and understand the impact of various medicines on the human body.
- can describe the primary features of the more common medicines, their use, side effects and combined effects.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
5
The student
- is familiar with various medicines and pharmaceutical products.
- is familiar with the effective mechanisms of various medicines and understands the impact of various drugs on the human body.
- is familiar with the primary features of the more common medicines, their use, side effects and combined effects.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Failed = 0
The student is not able to achieve the criteria on a satisfactory level.
Qualifications
No prerequisites