The Course aims to provide the skills and acquisition of knowledge of drugs particularly used in ophthalmic clinical practice, their mechanism of action, indications and contraindications, and side effects.
Specifically: (a) acquisition of the basics of Pharmacokinetics, in relation to routes of administration; the distribution, metabolism and elimination of drugs; (b) knowledge of the main essential pharmacokinetic parameters; (c) understanding of the glossary of drug package inserts and their interpretation; (d) knowledge of the use of certain classes of drugs that are used in the treatment of major acute and chronic ocular diseases with emphasis on appropriateness, clinical use, and evaluation of adverse reactions; (e) knowledge of aspects of ocular toxicology and drugs used in the diagnostic setting in ophthalmology.
Teaching involves 10 hours of frontal lessons.
Tools to support teaching:slides ( lesson materials) presented in class will be made available to the student.
Myotics
Local anesthetics
Decongestants
Medications for the treatment of glaucoma
Antiallergics
Steroidal and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
Chemotherapeutics for topical ocular use: Antibiotics, Antivirals, Antifungals
Ocular Toxicology
Drugs of diagnostic use
All the slides shown during the frontal lessons will be made available to the students on the Aulaweb site.
All the pharmacology textbooks for healthcare professions are suitable to integrate the lessons
Whalen - The Basics of Pharmacology - Zanichelli
O'Connor Davies's Ophthalmic Drugs - Piccin (ocular pharmacotherapy text)
Drago-Clementi Ocular Pharmacology - UTET (ocular pharmacotherapy text)
Ricevimento: All the days, after appointment (tel 010-3538855, e-mail: federica.barbieri@unige.it) in the office at the Section of Pharmacology, Viale Benedetto XV, 2 Genova
The timetable for this course is available here: EasyAcademy
The exam of pharmacology will be performed as an interview, focusing on the topics discussed during the lessons.
Oral examination.
The teacher verifies the achievement of the learning objectives by asking questions pertaining to the program carried out during lessons,
Students with valid certifications for Specific Learning Disorders (SLDs), disabilities or other educational needs are invited to contact the professor and the School/Departmental Disability Liaison at the beginning of the course to agree on examination arrangements that, while respecting the teaching objectives, take into account individual learning characteristics.
