Pharmacology

The course comprises the following components:

• basic pharmacology and pharmacodynamic concepts and principles, such as the receptor concept and the relationship between dosage and response,
• a general overview of how drugs are absorbed, distributed, and eliminated,
• the pharmacology of the nervous systems and the immune systems, as well as cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, endocrine/metabolic, and respiratory pharmacology and pharmaceuticals targeting infections and cancer,
• the mechanisms of drug action, and the therapeutic uses, effects, and side effects of drugs,
• practical issues such as case studies and customer relations,
• communication skills training in the form of presentations and communicative exercises.

Instruction is in the form of lectures, seminars, exercises, group work, one-to-one supervisory sessions, and laboratory work. Attendance is obligatory in all seminars and laboratory classes.

Progressive specialisation: G1F (has less than 60 credits in first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Education level: Undergraduate level

Admission requirements: Biochemistry (7.5 credits) or Molecular and Cellular Biology (7.5 credits) and Pathophysiology (7.5 credits), or the equivalent.

Selection: Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.

This course is included in the following programme

• Bioscience Programme: Pharmacy (studied during year 3)