
Clinical and Therapeutic Pharmacology
Code: 102664Credits: 3
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Veterinary Medicine | OB | 4 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Alheli Rodriguez Cortes
- Email :
- alheli.rodriguez@uab.cat
Teaching staff
- Margarita Arboix Arzo
- Carles Cristòfol Adell
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
It is recommended that the student has passed the 3rd year course Pharmacology.
Objectives
The subject is scheduled for the second semester of the fourth year of the Veterinary Degree, when knowledge of general pathology and etiology, clinical and diagnosis of the main diseases and syndromes have already been achieved. The student already has a knowledge of the principles of general pharmacology and knows the large groups of medicines, their mechanism of action and the main desired and undesired effects.
The training objectives of the course are to provide the elements to learn how to select the most appropriate treatment through a reasoned process that involves assessing the efficacy, toxicity, convenience and cost of each available option. In addition, the aim is to make society aware of the dynamics of drugs, from the search for new molecules to approval by the health authorities and pharmacovigilance after marketing, as well as to provide the necessary elements to be able to critically assess the information on new drugs that are marketed.
The contents of the course are complemented with the ECTS on Systematic Therapeutics that this same Department teaches in the course "Medicine and Surgery of Companion Animals II".
Learning outcomes
- Analyse, synthesise and resolve problems and make decisions.
- Apply scientific method to professional practice, including medicine
- Demonstrate knowledge of English to communicate both orally and in writing in academic and professional contexts.
- Identify and interpret the phases of drug development and know the bodies involved in their development and authorisation.
- Design and interpret clinical tests.
- Define the fundamental criteria to establish a pharmacological treatment.
- Rationally plan the selection of a pharmacological treatment based on the risk vs. benefit ratio in pharmacoeconomics and pharmacovigilance.
- Plan support, symptomatic and etiologic pharmacological treatments.
- Identify and apply therapeutic protocols to the most frequent diseases.
- Design therapeutic and preventive programs in accordance with animal welfare, animal health and public health standards.
- Select suitable drugs to obtain pharmacological containment.
- Select suitable drugs to control pain.
- Recognise basic pharmacological criteria for adequate prescription and defend their suitability.
- Identify and interpret the legislation affecting the prescription and the dispensation of medicines.
- Select and apply the adequate drugs for performing euthanasia.
Contents
Clinical pharmacology.
Scientific basis of drug response and individualization. Dynamic, kinetic aspects. Modifications due to age, sex, physiology and pathology. Basis of diagnosis and management of adverse reactions. Polytherapy and drug interactions. Residues. Emerging aspects such as pharmacology.
General Therapeutics
It is responsible for introducing the therapeutic aspects that are most likely to recur in any disease (containment, inflammation, analgesia, fluid therapy, antimicrobials, antifungals, antiparasitics).
Systematic Therapeutics
Guidelines to treat the most frequent problems, either from the point of view of diseases or from the point of view of the pharmacology of organs or systems. The contents of the course are complemented with the ECTS on Systematic Therapeutics that this same Department teaches in the course \"Medicine and Surgery of Companion Animals II\".
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Master class | 21 | 0.84 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 |
| Written work | 15 | 0.6 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
| Study | 31.75 | 1.27 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 |
| Tutorials | 2 | 0.08 | |
| Seminars | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 13, 14 |
Methodology.
Master classes with the active participation of students using practical cases (Problem-base Learning)
Seminars in smaller groups. The objective is to reinforce some of the concepts that have been developed in theory classes, through practical exercises, as well as the introduction of new concepts.
Self-learning, basically elaborating written works. First, students will propose a therapeutic plan for a clinical case proposed by the professor. This case will be accompanied by a minimum of tutoring to help them focus on the case. In the second part, they will co-evaluate and discuss their work and other works completed by anothers groups.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 50% | 1.25 | 0.05 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 |
| Co-evaluation | 15 % | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12 |
| Quiz of Practical Cases | 5 % | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 9, 11, 13, 14 |
| Written work | 30 % | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 |
This course does not include a single evaluation system.
Evaluation.
Final grade = grade - penalties.
Grade = Test (50%) + Written works (30%) + Co-evaluation/Discussion (15%) + Quizzes (5%)
Individual grade: Test
Collective grade: written work and co-evaluations/discussion done in groups of about 5 people, always the same throughout the course. Quizzes carried out in pairs during theoretical classes
Test
- required
- Minimum result to average with written works: 5 out of 10
- ~80 questions
- 4 alternatives only 1 certain
- Correct question: +1
- Question not answered -1/4
To obtain score for written work and co-evaluations, all of them must be completed
Written work
- Work in teams
- There will be 1 o 2 tutorials with the professor
- Evaluation by the teacher
- The group decides if everyone has the same score
- USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as information searching, proofreading, or translations. Students must clearly identify which sections were generated using this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these influenced the process and final outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency in the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered academic dishonesty and may result in a partial or total penalty in the activity grade, or greater sanctions in serious cases.
Co-evaluations
- Evaluation/Discussion of work done by the group and by other students
- Evaluation of the coevaluation by the teacher
Minimum result of Written Work + Co-evaluations to average with Test: 5 out of 10
Quiz of Practical cases
- Not mandatory
- Evaluation of participation in the resolution of practical cases presented in class
Penalties
- Seminars: -1/ seminar
- Delayed works: -0,5
Passed subject
Final grade ≥ 5
A student will be considered not evaluable if he/she has participated in evaluation activities that represent ≤ 15% of the final grade.
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Second chance for individual grade
- Short written questions (6-10)
- Minimum result to average with written works: 5 out of 10
Second chance for written works
- Not available
- The previously obtained grades are used
- Averaging as indicated above
Passed subject
Final grade ≥ 5
Bibliography
Bibliography
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Allen DG. Handbook of Veterinary Drugs. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Baggot, JD. The Physiological Basis of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology. Wiley-Blackwell.
Baños JE, Farré M. Principios de Farmacología Clínica, Masson, Barcelona.
Booth DM. Small Animal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Saunders.
Consensus Statements ACVIM (collection)
Cunningham F, Elliott J and Lees P. Comparative and Veterinary Pharmacology. Springer.
DiBartola SP. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disorders in Small Animal Practice. Saunders.
Ettinger SJ and Feldman EC. Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Saunders.
Gaynor JS. Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management. Mosby.
Giguère S, Prescott JF, Baggot JD, Walker RD, Dowling PM. Antimicrobial Therapy in Veterinary Medicine. Blackwell Publishers.
Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association (col·lecció)
Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy. (col·lecció)
Nelson WM and Couto CG. Small Animal Internal Medicine. Saunders.
Papich MG. Saunders Handbook of Veterinary Drugs: Small and Large Animal. Saunders.
Plumb DC. Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook. Wiley-Blackwell.
Riviere JE and Papich MG. Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Wiley-Blackwell.
The Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice (col·lecció).
Withrow SJ, Vail DM and Page R. Small Animal Clinical Oncology. Saunders.
WEB
Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios (http://www.aemps.es/): fitxa tècnica dels
medicaments aprovats a l’Estat.
EuropeanMedicines Agency (EMEA) http://www.ema.europa.eu/
CIMAVET: https://cimavet.aemps.es/cimavet/publico/home.html
Software
No special software is used.
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 2 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 2 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PAUL) Classroom practices | 3 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |