AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course of pharmacology will be structured to prepare professionals able to investigate the feasibility of innovative pharmacological strategies directed to improve the beneficial activity of already known drugs or to produce a patient-oriented therapy.

To achieve this result, the course will be composed of a first part, oriented to illustrate the principles of terapeutic drug monitoring that is pivotal to therapy personalization  and the classes of drugs that more than all requires TDMi A second part will follow which will introduce the most effective strategied too btain targeted innovative therapies of repositionate old drugs .

TEACHING METHODS

The teaching will be performed as front lessons 

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Basic concepts about therapeutic drug monitoring 

Classes of drugs for which TDM is required

• cardioactive drugs
• Antiepileptic drugs
• Antipsychotic drugs
• Mood stabilizers
• Antibiotics, immunosuppressants

Pharmacology and innovative therapies 

• Target therapy
• Biologic
• Drug repositioning

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

The PowerPoint slides that will be used in the class will be made available as PDF formats in the aulaweb section of unige website

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

CARLO GENOVA (President)

STEFANO THELLUNG DE COURTELARY

SVEVA BOLLINI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

The course belongs to the seconds semester and will start in the month of march 

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

Exam schedule