Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
Pre-Clinical and Clinical Pharmacology
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, Spanish
Teaching staff
Dr Mariana Ponte: mpontecardosoribeiro@uic.es
Introduction
Pharmacology is fundamental in the practice of dentistry and it is the main topic in the research and discovery of new drugs. Researchers involved in the development of new drug entities should know how to perform a pre-clinical study as well as a clinical assay. Moreover, they must be familiar with the main group of drugs prescribed in dentistry and the most important pharmacological innovations.
Pre-course requirements
Knowledge of General Pharmacology.
Objectives
- To present the design, development, and discussion of pre-clinical and clinical assays with drugs.
- To show the variability of the drug therapeutic effects in different physiological and pathological situations.
- To study the innovative drugs in several pharmacological groups.
- To familiarize students with reading and critical understanding of scientific articles in pharmacology.
Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme
- CE9 - Apply the latest technological advances in dental research, considering its properties, indications, biocompatibility, toxicity and environmental impact.
- CG1 - Ability to integrate new knowledge through research and study, and deal with complexity
- CG3 - Self learning ability in the development of new techniques, in the knowledge of new scientific concepts and in the search of new scientific information
Learning outcomes of the subject
At the end of the course the student should:
- Know the most important lines in dentistry research
- Be able to design experimental and non-experimental studies and to know the principal bases of qualitative studies.
- Know the most recent advances in their choice of research.
- Be able to apply experimental research to healthcare and therapy possibilities
Syllabus
Lesson 1 Side effects of drugs in the oral cavity
Lesson 2 Use of drugs in dentistry in special situations: pregnancy and lactation
Lesson 3 NSAIDs gastropathy: determination of damage markers in the laboratory
Lesson 4 Determination of the effects of drugs in cholesterol metabolism in the laboratory
Teaching and learning activities
In person
Lectures, scientific articles, discussion, case methods online (Lessons 1 and 2)
Laboratory practices (Biomedicine Lab) (Lessons 3 and 4)
Evaluation systems and criteria
In person
Exercises and cases, laboratory practices and the work submitted through the online platform will all be evaluated.
Bibliography and resources
Books:
- John A. Yagiela, Frank J. Dowd, Bart Johnson, Angelo Mariotti, Enid A. Neidle. “Pharmacology and Therapeutics for Dentistry.” Mosby Elsevier
- H. P. Rang, M. Maureen Dale. “Pharmacology”. Elsevier. Churchill Livingstone
- Laurence L. Brunton, Bruce A. Chambner, Bjorn C. Knollman. “Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics”.Mc Graw Hill Medical
- J Flórez, JA Armijo, A Mediavilla. Farmacología humana. Masson.
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