aVLFA0822c Pharmacology II - practice

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/3/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. MUDr. Regina Demlová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
doc. PharmDr. Jan Juřica, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. Mgr. MVDr. Leoš Landa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Amchová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Carlos Daniel Ferreira Fonseca, MSc. (seminar tutor)
PharmDr. Mária Hricková (seminar tutor)
PharmDr. Katarína Kostolanská (seminar tutor)
MUDr. Jana Pistovčáková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PharmDr. Jitka Rychlíčková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PharmDr. Lenka Součková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. PharmDr. Ondřej Zendulka, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Ladislava Bartošová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Renata Bláblová (assistant)
PharmDr. Tomáš Hammer (assistant)
Mgr. Jana Kubátová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Kristýna Nosková, Ph.D. (assistant)
MUDr. Jana Nováková, Ph.D. (assistant)
doc. PharmDr. Jana Rudá, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Barbora Říhová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. MUDr. Regina Demlová, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. MVDr. Leoš Landa, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Pharmacology – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites (in Czech)
aVLFA0721p Pharmacology I - lecture && aVLPF0622p Pathophysiology II - lecture
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquiant the students with drugs from selected pharmacotherapeutic groups and to learn them how to use the drugs rationally with respect to their mode of action, indications and contraindications.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course student should be able choose and prescribe suitable drug for the patient with known indicication. The selection will be made with respect to all factors influencing drug safety and efficacy.
Syllabus

  • aVLFA0822c - Pharmacology II practicals

    General medicine

    Spring semester 2024

  • (26.2. – 1.3. 2024)
  • 1. ANTIPSYCHOTICS, ANTIPARKINSONICS, PROKINETICS
  • Content of the lesson: Classification of psychotropic medicines, pharmacology of dopaminergic system with the focus on antipsychotics, antiparkinsonics and prokinetics.
  • (4.3. - 8.3. 2024)
  • 2. ANTIDEPRESSANTS
  • Content of the lesson: Pharmacological review of antidepressants, cognitive enhancers and psychostimulants.
  • (11.3. - 15.3. 2024)
  • 3. ANXIOLYTICS, HYPNOSEDATIVES, ANTICONVULSANTS
  • Content of the lesson: GABAergic neurotransmission. Anxiolytics, hypnosedatives, anticonvulsants – modes of action, drugs, indications, adverse effects. Rules in the therapy of anxiety, sleeping disorders and seizures with respect to specific subpopulations. Psychopharmacological case reports. Drug dependence and its treatment.
  • (18.3. - 22.3. 2024)
  • 4. GENERAL AND LOCAL ANAESTHETICS
  • Content of the lesson: Basic pharmacological features of general and local anaesthetics. Review of drugs used in premedication.
  • (25.3. - 28.3. 2024)
  • 5. VASODILATORS AND DRUGS WITH EFFECT ON VESSELS
  • MCQ TEST No. 1
  • Content of the lesson: Lipid-lowering drugs, nitrates, donors of NO groups, calcium channel blockers and other groups of direct vasodilators. Risk factors of cardiovascular diseases.
  • (2.4. - 5.4. 2024)
  • 6. DRUGS INFLUENCING RAAS. DIURETICS.
  • Content of the lesson: ACE inhibitors, sartans, inhibitors of renin, diuretics. Antagonists of mineralocorticoid receptors. Antihypertensives of the 1st and 2nd choice, combined therapy.
  • (8.4. - 12.4. 2024)
  • 7. DRUGS DIRECTLY INFLUENCING MYOCARDIUM
  • Content of the lesson: Beta-blockers and bradins, drugs with positive inotropic effects. Calcium channel blockers - non-DHP, antiarrhythmics. Therapy of heart failure.
  • (15.4. - 19.4. 2024)
  • 8. DRUGS INFLUENCING HAEMOSTASIS
  • Content of the lesson: Classification of drugs interfering with the process of haemostasis, pharmacological review of anticoagulants, antiplatelet drugs, fibrinolytics and antianaemics.
  • (22.4. - 26.4. 2026)
  • 9. ANTI-INFECTIVES I – ANTIBACTERIAL SUBSTANCES
  • MCQ TEST No. 2
  • Content of the lesson: Pharmacological review of antibiotics, PK/PD parameters, selection of ATB, case reports, bacterial resistance.
  • (29.4. - 3.5. 2024)
  • 10. ANTI-INFECTIVES II – ANTIFUNGAL AND ANTIVIRAL DRUGS, DERMATOLOGICS
  • Content of the lesson: Therapy of respiratory infections, UTI, intensive care. Overview of antimycotics and antivirotics, Dermatologics – classification and pharmacological review, local anti-infectives, revision of drug prescription.
  • (6.5. - 10.5. 2024)
  • 11. PHARMACOLOGY OF GIT
  • PRESCRIPTION TEST
  • Content of the lesson: Pharmacological review of drugs used in GIT disorders.
  • (13.5. - 17.5. 2024)
  • 12. CYTOSTATICS AND TARGETED THERAPY IN ONCOLOGY
  • Content of the lesson: Overview, classification and mechanisms of action of anticancer drugs. Adverse effects of cytostatics.
  • (20.5. - 24.5. 2024)
  • 13. THERAPY OF INTOXICATIONS
  • Content of the lesson: Principles of therapy of intoxications. Case reports focused on intoxications.
  • (27.5. - 31.5. 2024)
  • 14. DRUG INTERACTIONS
  • MCQ TEST No. 3
  • Content of the lesson: Case reports focused on drug interactions.
  • (3.6. - 7.6. 2024)
  • 15. PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY
  • Content of the lesson: Pharmaceutical forms of herbal medicines, herbal tea mixtures preparation and degustation. Drug-drug interactions of herbal medicines. Herbal self-treatment of selected diseases. Credits.
Literature
    required literature
  • RITTER, James, R. J. FLOWER, Graeme HENDERSON, Yoon Kong LOKE, David J. MACEWAN and H. P. RANG. Rang and Dale's pharmacology. Ninth edition. Edinburgh: Elsevier, 2020, xvi, 789. ISBN 9780702074486. info
  • LANDA, Leoš, Jan JUŘICA, Kristýna NOSKOVÁ and Ondřej ZENDULKA. Selected chapters from general pharmacology for students of general medicine and dentistry at MF MU. Brno, 2020. info
    recommended literature
  • Practicals in Pharmacology http://portal.med.muni.cz/discipline-13-pharmacology
  • Library of case reports: https://is.muni.cz/auth/do/med/el/case_reports/index_en.html
  • WHALEN, Karen. Pharmacology. Edited by Richard Finkel - Thomas A. Panavelil. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015, xi, 664. ISBN 9781451191776. info
Teaching methods
Drug classes from the Syllabus are actively reviewed by students and supported by the teacher. Possible ambiguities are discussed and learned knowledge is practiced in case reports from real clinical practice. The training of drug prescription with the use of drug compendia and the computer databases.
Assessment methods
The participation in practicals is obligatory and registered. Students can miss two classes without excuse. To get credits a students have to pass 4 written tests:

Prescription test
a) 2 RMP, the main indication or pharmacotherapeutic group is stated together with a basic data of the patient significant for correct drug selection
Multiple-choice tests
15 questions, number of correct answers indicated, minimal score to pass 6
one of the tests can be repeated once

The credits will be given to students who: passed the prescription test and scored at least 6 points from each of multiple-choice tests and their total score from these tests is higher than 20.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 45.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

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The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024.
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