Title: Clinical Pharmacy One
Code: PTL 301
Course specifications:
Program(s) on which the course is given: Bachelor of Pharmacy
Major or Minor element of Programs: Major element
Department offering the program: Pharmaceutics
Department offering the course: Pharmaceutics
Academic year / level: 3rd / 2nd semester
Date of specification approved: ……………..
A- Basic Information:
Prerequisites: --------
Credit Hours: 48
Lectures : 24
Practical : 24
Tutorials : --------
Total Contact hours: 48
B- Professional Information:
1- Over all aims of Course:
A- Study the etiology, diagnosis, and pharmacotherapy of some body disorders.
B- Help the students to study cases involve certain diseases.
2- Intended Learning Outcomes of Course (ILO’s):
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:
- Knowledge and Understanding:
- Familiarize the students with drugs used in special patient populations.
- Causes, diagnosis and treatment of some disorders
- Normal laboratory values.
- B) Skills:
- a) Intellectual Skills:
- Soaping cases study
- Predicting the prognosis
- following therapy protocol
- b) Professional Skills:
- Relate the complain with signs & symptoms and predict the suitable treatment
- How to diagnose and how to treat.
- Relation between abnormal laboratory values and physiologic disorders
- c) General and Transferable Skills:
- How to diagnose and how to make a plan for treatment.
- Relation between abnormal laboratory values and physiologic disorders.
- Choice the best drug: dose, frequency & duration
3- Syllabus (Indicative Contents):
Week No |
Topic |
No of hours |
Lectures |
Practical |
W1 |
Introduction to clinical pharmacy |
8 |
4 |
4 |
W2 |
Interpretation of laboratory data |
8 |
4 |
4 |
W3 |
Electrolytes, Blood |
8 |
4 |
4 |
W4 |
Renal function tests, Liver function tests,Mid-Term Examination |
8 |
4 |
4 |
W5 |
Acute and chronic renal failure diabetes and NSAID, |
8 |
4 |
4 |
W6 |
Drug induced hepatotoxicity, Thyroid disorders |
8 |
4 |
4 |
W7 |
Final Examination |
|
|
|
TOTAL |
|
48 |
24 |
24 |
4-Teaching and Learning Methods:
- Practical Sessions
- Discussion Sessions
- Exercises
5-Student Assessment Methods:
- Written examination: to assess the ability to understand and comprehend rules, basics and concepts through out the course.
- Quizzes and exercises: to assess how the student learns, accepts knowledge and how the teaching method is beneficial.
- Practical examination: to asses the ability t use laboratory tools, instruments and chemicals by a good technique to identify an unknown material.
- Oral examination to asses the ability to express, present knowledge, understands and thinks properly.
6- Assessment Schedule:
- Quizzes and exercises : Weekly
- Mid-Term examination : 4th weeks
- Practical examination : 7th weeks
- Final examination : 7th weeks
- Oral examination : 7th weeks
7- Weighting of assessments:
Mid-term examination : 20 %
Practical examination : 20 %
Final-term examination : 30 %
Oral examination : 10 %
Semester works : 20 %
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Total : 100 %
8- List of References:
1- Study guides
2- Text Books:
3- Periodicals and E-books on the websites;
9-Recommended Books:
- Clinical pharmacy and therapeutics
- Clinical pharmacology
10- Facilities required for teaching and learning:
Teaching aids, computer, Data Show, White boards, Lab equipments and chemicals.
11-Teacher’s Name:
Dr\ Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Elsayed
12- Course Coordinator:
Dr\ Mahmoud Mohamed Ahmed Elsayed