CODE 67907 ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019 CREDITS 1 cfu anno 2 FISIOTERAPIA 9281 (L/SNT2) - LA SPEZIA 1 cfu anno 2 FISIOTERAPIA 9281 (L/SNT2) - GE SAN MARTINO 1 cfu anno 2 FISIOTERAPIA 9281 (L/SNT2) - CHIAVARI 1 cfu anno 2 FISIOTERAPIA 9281 (L/SNT2) - PIETRA LIGURE SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR BIO/14 LANGUAGE Italian TEACHING LOCATION LA SPEZIA GE SAN MARTINO CHIAVARI PIETRA LIGURE SEMESTER 1° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: GENERAL PATHOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB AIMS AND CONTENT AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES The course of pharmacology is designed to teach the responsible use of drugs as a relevant issue during the professional activity in physiotherapy. In particular, in the choice of the drug to be used, it must consider, beyond symptoms, other patients’ characteristics including, age, gender, concomitant pathologies and therapies, previous history of diseases, etc. The course is divided in two sections: the first deals with pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics focusing on the evidence that the interaction between drugs and the body can significantly vary according with personal physiological and pathological parameters. The second part illustrates the main features of the classes of drugs more frequently used in a patient during its rehabilitation (therapy of inflammation, pain, etc). Finally, the abuse of drugs in sport for doping purposes will also be addressed, focusing on severe side effects (acute and delayed). TEACHING METHODS Teaching of pharmacology will be performed by frontal lessons SYLLABUS/CONTENT General pharmacology: Introduction to pharmacology: definition of drugs, aims of pharmacotherapy. Pharmacokinetics (absorbance, distribution, metabolism and elimination of drugs), parameters of pharmacokinetic (bioavailability, distribution volume, clearance and halflife). Pharmacodynamics (drug targets, agonism and antagonism, side effects) Special pharmacology Therapy of inflammation (NSAIDs, glucocorticoids) Therapy of pain (opioids, adjuvant drugs) Local anestetics Anticoagulants Miorelaxants Drug abuse in sport (doping) RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY The text which is best recommended to integrate the topics that have been addressed in lectures is the following: "Lippincott's illustrated reviews: Pharmacology", Authors: Michelle A. Clark, Richard Finkel, Jose A. Rey, Karen Whalen. EDS. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Morever, the slides shown during the frontal lessons will be made available to the students. TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD TULLIO FLORIO Ricevimento: All the days, after appointament (tel 010-3538806, e-mail: tullio.florio@unige.it) in the office at the ex-Institute ph Pharmacology, viale Benedetto XV num 2. LUIGI ROBBIANO ALESSANDRO SARTESCHI STEFANO THELLUNG DE COURTELARY Ricevimento: Student reception will be held at ex inst. of Pharmacology groungd floor. Viale Benedetto XV, 2 phone +39 0103538884. cell 3291484399. email: stefano.thellung@unige.it Exam Board BARBARA MARENGO (President) LUIGI ROBBIANO (President) ROBERTO FIOCCA TULLIO FLORIO LUCA MASTRACCI ALESSANDRO SARTESCHI CHIARA VITALE CRISTINA BOTTINO (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course) LESSONS Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION The exam of pharmacology will be perfomed as an interview ASSESSMENT METHODS The interview will evaluated the ability of the student to place a given pharmacological class within a therapy, in which pharmacotherapy must be adjusted according with the physiological and pathological characteristics of patients. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 16/01/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale 06/02/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale 20/02/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale 05/06/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale 19/06/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale 10/07/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale 04/09/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale 18/09/2019 09:00 GENOVA Orale