Pharmacology

Diagnostic – Therapeutic Program
Module:	Basic Sciences
ECTS:	7
Contact hours – lectures:	65
Contact hours – seminar:	0
Contact hours – clinical exercises:	0
Contact hours – clinical practice:	65
Holder of subject:	Dr Saša Kadivec, Senior Lecturer
Year of study:	First
Pharmacology
Contact hours – lectures:	25
Contact hours – seminar:	0
Contact hours – clinical exercises:	0
Contact hours – clinical practice:	65
Holder of subject:	Dr Saša Kadivec, Senior Lecturer
Education providers:	Brigita Mavsar Najdenov, Lecturer (in process of habilitation)
Level of study:	First Bologna cycle professional education study program
Semester:	Summer
Language:	Slovene/English
Subject specific competences:	The student: understands the basics of pharmacology, understands the effects of drugs on physiological and pathophysiological processes; has an overview of the basic pharmacological drug groups and their effects; is able to deduce and recognize potential adverse reactions, contraindications and precautions by applying the knowledge of basic drug action principles; recognizes factors which influence drug action in a particular patient; understands anatomy, physiologym, pathology, and biochemical processes.
Mandatory and recommended references:	Mandatory references: Kladnik Jenuš B. Farmakologija: učbenik za študente visoke zdravstvene šole. Maribor: Visoka zdravstvena šola; 2006. Čufar A. Farmakologija: navodila za klinično prakso pri diagnostično terapevtskem programu: za študente študijskega programa prve stopnje Zdravstvena nega. 1. izd. Jesenice: Visoka šola za zdravstveno nego Jesenice; 2009. Recommended references: Galbraith A, Bullock S, Manias E, Richards A, Hunt B. Fundamentals of pharmacology, a text for nurses and health professionals. Singapore: Addison Wesley Longman Limited; 1999. Clayton, Stock. Basic Pharmacology for nurses 13th ed. Missouri: Mosby, Inc.; 2004.
Study obligations:	30% obligatory attendance at lectures
Assessment methods:	written examination (100%)