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  Course Description
Course Name : Endocrine System Pharmacology II

Course Code : FAR532

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : Second Cycle

Year of Study : 1

Course Semester : Fall and Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 4

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. SERPİL ÖNDER

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Understand the pathophysiology of the endocrine system.
Learns the pharmacological properties of drugs acting on the endocrine system.
Learns the action mechanism of drugs acting on the endocrine system.
Classifies the drugs acting on the endocrine system.
Knows the principles of treatment and the importance of drugs acting on the endocrine system.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : To give anatomic, pysiological and pathophysiological information about the endocrine system,the physiological and pharmacological actions of drugs affecting this system, action mechanisms, clinical indications, adverse and toxic effects, contraindications, drug-drug, drug-food, drug-disease interactions.

Course Contents : Aldosterone antagonists, Calciotropic drugs, Calcitonin, Vitamin D and its active metabolites, Parathormone, Calcium,Hypothalamic and Pituitary Hormones, Oral contraceptives, Other methods of preventing pregnancy, Anabolic steroids, Androgenic drugs, Estrogens and progestins, Antiestrogenic and antiprogestin drugs, The drugs used in postmenopausal.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Pharmacology Seminar Room


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Aldosterone antagonists Related reading Interactive
2 Calciotropic drugs Related reading Interactive
3 Calcitonin Related reading Interactive
4 Vitamin D and its active metabolites Related reading Interactive
5 Parathormone Related reading Interactive
6 Calcium salts Related reading Interactive
7 Hypothalamic and Pituitary Hormones Related reading Interactive
8 Mid term examination presentation
9 Oral contraceptives Related reading Interactive
10 Other methods of preventing pregnancy Related reading Interactive
11 Anabolic steroids Related reading Interactive
12 Androgenic drugs Related reading Interactive
13 Estrogens and progestins Related reading Interactive
14 Antiestrogenic and antiprogestin drugs Related reading Interactive
15 The drugs used in postmenopausal Related reading Interactive
16/17 Final examination Written Examination


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Prof.Dr.S.Oğuz Kayaalp
 Goodman & Gilman´s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. LL Brunton (Ed.), JS Lazo, KL Parker (Ass. Ed.), 12th ed., McGraw-Hill, New York, 2011
 Basic & Clinical Pharmacology. BG Katzung, SB Masters, AJ Trevor (Ed.), 11th ed., Lange Medical Books/McGraw-Hill, Singapore, 2009
Required Course Material(s)  


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 60
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 2 40
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 Students gain the ability to research on the areas like preventing irrational drug use detecting the problems due to drug use 4
2 Students gain basic pharmacological information 4
3 Students have the ability to take on the responsibilities of pharmacology 3
4 Students know the experimental research techniques in pharmacology 2
5 Students gain the ability to present their knowledge in an academic environment 5
6 Students have an ability to access scientific information 5
7 Students are informed about pharmacovigilance 5
8 Students have the ability to apply the basic principles of rational drug use on daily practice 4
9 Students gain the ability to take place in the in vitro/ in vivo animal experiments 1
10 Students gain the ability to plan and conduct experimental pharmacological projects and analyze the experimental results. 1
11 Students gain the ability to follow present literature in the field of pharmacology 5
12 Students guide the assistant health personnel to receive pharmacology education 0
13 Students are informed about rational drug use 5
14 Students know the pharmacological research areas 3
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 2 28
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 14 3 42
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 2 10 20
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 10 10
    Final Exam 1 10 10
Total Workload: 110
Total Workload / 25 (h): 4.4
ECTS Credit: 4