autumn 2017
MBI-2005 General pharmacology and toxicology - 10 ECTS
Admission requirements
Applicants from Nordic countries: Generell studiekompetanse + Matematikk R1 eller (S1+S2) og enten Matematikk (R1+R2) eller Fysikk (1+2) eller Kjemi (1+2) eller Biologi (1+2) eller Informasjonsteknologi( 1+2) eller Geologi (1+2) eller Teknologi og forskningslære (1+2).
International applicants: Higher Education Entrance Qualification and certified language requirements in English. It is a requirement that students have some prior knowledge of biology and ecology, chemistry and mathematics (Participants must have taken introductory level university courses, and achieved pass grades, in these subjects).
A list of the requirements for the Higher Education Entrance Qualification in Norway can be found on the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education website - nokut.no
Recommended pre-requisites: biochemistry, cell biology, and microbiology.
Application code: 9336 (Nordic applicants).
Course content
The course is an introduction to basic pharmacology and toxicology. The pharmacology part includes the following topics: drug nomenclature; general principles of passage of drugs/toxic substances across biological barriers; drug absorption and excretion; the autonomic nerve system; biotransformation of drugs; dose-response and time-response relationships, attributed to conditions of administration and to the biological system. The toxicology part describes the classification of toxic reactions; how acute poisoning can be measured and how toxicity can be treated.Objectives of the course
The main aim of the course is to give the students a general introduction into human pharmacology and toxicology.
After the course, the students should be able to:
- Explain how drugs and toxic substances reach their site of action and give an effect (pharmacodynamics and toxicodynamics).
- Explain how drugs and toxic substances are handled by the human organism and excreted from the organisms (pharmacokinetics and toxicokinetics).
Teaching methods
The course includes lectures (36 hours), group lectures (28 hours) and a compulsory semester project. The students will be appointed a supervisor for the semester project, and the project needs to be approved prior to the final exam. It is also mandatory to give a presentation of the semester project for the other students.Assessment
Written exam (4 hours). Alphabetical grades (A-F).
A re-sit exam/postponed exam will be arranged early in the following semester, for candidates who failed the exam, or who, for valid reasons, were unable to attend.
Course work requirements: semester thesis, and presentation of the semesterproject for the the other students on the course.
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- About the course
- Campus: Tromsø |
- ECTS: 10
- Course code: MBI-2005
- Responsible unit
- Institutt for medisinsk biologi
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