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  Course Description
Course Name : Rational Usage of Drugs

Course Code : FAR535

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : Second Cycle

Year of Study : 1

Course Semester : Fall and Spring (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 5

Name of Lecturer(s) : Prof.Dr. YUSUF KARATAŞ

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Describes the rational drug use
Understands the importance of rational drug use

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : To get information about the importance of the rational drug use and examples of irrational drug therapy, irrational prescription, causes and effects of irrational drug taking, prevention of irrational drug use, the principles of rational drug therapy

Course Contents : This course includes the principles of rational drug use and examples of irrational drug use.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Classroom


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Principles of drug therapy Reading relevant sources Interactive
2 Clinical Pharmacokinetics Reading relevant sources Interactive
3 Absorption of drugs Reading relevant sources Interactive
4 Distribution of the drugs Reading relevant sources Interactive
5 Biotransformation of drugs Reading relevant sources Interactive
6 Elimination kinetics of drugs Reading relevant sources Interactive
7 Action mechanism of drugs Reading relevant sources Interactive
8 Midterm examination Reading relevant sources Oral Examination
9 Receptors and drug-receptor relation Reading relevant sources Interactive
10 Pharmaceutical forms of drugs Reading relevant sources Interactive
11 General Principles of Prescribing Reading relevant sources Interactive
12 Medication in specific patient groups Reading relevant sources Interactive
13 Genetic Determinants of Drug Response Reading relevant sources Interactive
14 Drug Interactions Reading relevant sources Interactive
15 Adverse effects of medications Reading relevant sources Interactive
16/17 Final exam Reading relevant sources Oral Examination


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)  Harrison´s Principles of Internal Medicine
 Medical Pharmacology- Oğuz KAYAALP
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 3 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 5
2 Students gain basic pharmacological information 5
3 Students have the ability to take on the responsibilities of pharmacology 5
4 Students know the experimental research techniques in pharmacology 1
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 5
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 5
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 3 10 30
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 10 10
    Final Exam 1 10 10
Total Workload: 120
Total Workload / 25 (h): 4.8
ECTS Credit: 5