Objectives of general skills

• 1. Pharmaceutical expertise: Use a foundation of concepts and knowledge in health sciences and pharmaceutical sciences.
• Understand and integrate the fundamental sciences (chemistry, physics, biology, botany) involved in the specific fields of pharmaceutical sciences
• Understand and apply mathematical translations of large models and chemical and/or biological phenomena through abstract reasoning
• Understand and use different graphical representations of numerical values and their relationships
• Understand the chronology of a phenomenon and master the time scales and their representations
• Understand how the human body works by using knowledge of anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, immunology, microbiology and pathology under the dual approach of normal and pathological conditions in order to understand the action of medications on the body.
• Understand the basic concepts of pharmacology and pharmacokinetics
• 2. Scientific method: Solve pharmaceutical problems using their knowledge and critical mind.
• Understand and apply the basic principles of reasoning (obtaining data, analysis, synthesis, comparison, the rule of three, syllogism, analogy, Boolean logic, etc.)
• Understand and use statistical methods
• Use a hypothesis in inductive, deductive or abductive reasoning
• Develop a critical, practical and analytical mind
• Manage doubt and uncertainty
• 3. Communication: Communicate in an appropriate, efficient, rigorous and respectful way in a professional perspective.
• Share knowledge and information
• 4. Sense of responsibility: Act ethically and professionally.
• Base their reasoning on the data from the scientific literature
• 5. Quality: Assess themself, expand their knowledge and adapt their attitude.
• Manage time
• Prioritise
• Have developed an interest in the medical-pharmaceutical field
• Locate scientific information efficiently
• Research, read, interpret, and critique a scientific paper with sufficient knowledge of scientific English
• Compare different sources of information

UE's Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, students will know the basic principles that link the dose and the effect of a drug. In particular, they will master the principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and the therapeutic use of drugs. In addition, they will be able to put into practice the quantitative analysis of these phenomenons.

UE Content

<u>Pharmacokinetics</u>: Absorption; Distribution; Metabolism; Excretion; non-, one- or multi-compartmental kinetics
<u>Pharmacodynamics</u>: drug classification; stereospecificity; dose - response relationship; agonism – antagonism; selectivity; receptor; receptor sparing and reserve
<u>Other:</u> response variability; drug interaction; placebo; tolerance, dependence; drug development

Prior experience

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Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Written examination

Term 1 for Integrated Assessment - comments

Exercices and application of concepts

Term 2 for Integrated Assessment - comments

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Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - type

• Written examination

Term 3 for Integrated Assessment - comments

Exercices and application of concepts

Resit Assessment for IT - Term 1 (B1BA1) - Comments

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