PHARMACOLOGY - CO

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in NURSING
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2023/2024
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2024/2025
Course type: 
Compulsory subjects, characteristic of the class
Seat of the course: 
Como - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
2
Period: 
First Semester
Standard lectures hours: 
30
Detail of lecture’s hours: 
Lesson (30 hours)
Assessment: 
Voto Finale

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY is structured in a total of 30 hours covering the mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic indications, adverse effects and interactions of the following classes of drugs:
-Anti-inflammatory drugs (4 hours);
-Central nervous system active drugs (opioid analgesics, local and general anaesthetics, sedative-hypnotics) (8 hours);
-Pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system (8 hours);
-Drugs acting on the blood (2 hours);
-Antibiotic and antiviral chemotherapy (4 hours);
-Pharmaceuticals acting on the gastrointestinal system (4 hours)

Frontal lessons.
Classroom activities include the projection of ppt files set up with images and diagrams. Clinical and topical cases will be presented during the lesson

The teacher receives students for in-depth studies and clarifications by appointment by emailing annalisa.bosi@uninsubria.it