Curricular Unit:			Code:
Fundamentals of Pharmacology of the Elderly			1006FFPI
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
2	CTSP	Gerontology and Community Intervention	5 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
Winter Semester		Portuguese/English	65
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
The main objectives of this unit are the learning of the fundamentals of pharmacology and therapeutics to correlated them to the technician daily practice: O1. Understand the role of the technician in the field of Pharmacology and Therapeutics O2. Acquisition of knowledge on the major pharmacotherapeutic groups O3. General understanding of clinical pharmacokinetics parameters O4. Knowledge and learning the communication of adverse effects O5. Understanding the importance and the possibility of drug interactions O6. Recognize the polymedication problem in the elderly and monitor self-medication behavior O7. Acquisition of tools to communicate and to promote patient and its family adherence to therapy O8. Acquire knowledge in the field of pharmacology that allow conceiving and developing actions on education and health, as well as to integrate multidisciplinary technical teams in the areas of intervention related to the elderly
Syllabus:
CP1. General principles of Pharmacology, Drug versus medicine. CP2. Drug’s pathways in the body (ADME). Basic pharmacokinetics (absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination), and clinical pharmacokinetics. CP3. Routes of Administration and Dosage Forms. CP4. Pharmacodynamics and general mechanisms of drugs action. CP5. Drugs acting on pain control: nonsteroidal anti- inflammatory drugs. CP6. Drugs acting at the central nervous system: opioid analgesics and drugs of abuse, sedative and hypnotic, antidepressants). CP7. Antihipertensive drugs. CP8. Drug interactions, and adverse drug reactions and pharmacovigilance. CP9. Special Aspects of geriatric Pharmacology CP10. Sources of drug Information.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
The contents comprising the curricular unit of Fundamentals on geriatriac Pharmacology Therapeutics provide the students the acquisition of scientific, technical and interpersonal skills in order to develop physiotherapy interventions in the field of Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Knowing the basics of pharmacology and also the major pharmacotherapeutic groups (syllabus contents CP1 to CP8) allow the student to achieve the objectives O1, O2, O3, O4, O5 and O6. The exposure of contents on adverse effects and drug interactions as well as drug information sources (syllabus CP9 and CP10) allows the student to achieve the objectives O7 and O8.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Teaching Methodologies M1: Presentation and discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in the classroom M2: Brainstorm on pertinent issues related to the matter exposed and in the resolution of exercises M3: Discussion of problems and relevant clinical cases. M4: Use of the e-learning platform to store and make educational material available to the student. Evaluation Students will be assessed with two written tests (1 hour each), with a 95% contribution to the final grade. In addition, classroom performance will be evaluated, in particular the resolution of training exercises, contributing with 5% for the final grade. If the average of the two written tests is less than 9.5 the student will be automatically enrolled in the exam.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The constant interaction between the teacher and the student in the classroom will allow adequate the student to acquire the objectives. In addition, the use of a set of study materials purposely created, as well as tutorial sessions for inquiries will allow a high level of adjustment between the methodologies and objectives of the course. M1: Presentation and discussion of relevant theoretical concepts in the classroom – Achieve outcomes O1 to O6. M2: Brainstorm on pertinent issues related to the matter exposed and in the resolution of exercises – Achieve outcomes O7 and O8. M3: Discussion of problems and relevant clinical cases – Achieve all outcomes. M4: Use of the e-learning platform to store and make educational material available to the student – Achieve all outcomes.
Reading:
[1] Rang and Dale's pharmacology, J Ritter, R Flower, G Henderson, Y Loke, D MacEwan e H Rang. (Eds), 9th edition, Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2019. ISBN: 9780702074486. [2] Terapêutica Medicamentosa e suas Bases Farmacológicas (Manual de Farmacologia e Farmacoterapia), S Guimarães, D Moura e P Soares da Silva (Eds), 6ª edição, Porto Editora, 2014. ISBN: 9789720017949. [3] Goodman & Gilman´s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, L Brunton, B Knollmann e R Hilal-Dandan (Eds), 13th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2018. ISBN: 9781259584732. [4] Guia farmacológico para enfermeiros. AH Vallerand, JH Deglin, 10º Edição. Lusodidacta, 2009. ISBN: 9789898075680.
Lecturer (* Responsible):
Adriana Pimenta (apimenta@ufp.edu.pt)