Entry requirements

Required previous knowledge is decided by the Committee for Undergraduate Medical Education.

Aims

This course prepares the student for subsequent preclinical and clinical education by providing fundamental and integrative knowledge about physiological and biophysical processes and the ways in which they may be influenced pharmacologically, and by integrating previously acquired knowledge in this context. Further, medical technology is taught.

Content

The main topics are:

Pharmacokinetics

Pharmacology of the nervous system, analgesics, general and local anaesthesia, drug addiction

Pharmacology of inflammation

Biophysics, physiology and pharmacology of the circulatory system

Radiation biophysics and medical imaging

Physiology and pharmacology of the respiratory system

Physiology and pharmacology of the kidneys and fluid balance

Endocrinology: physiology and pharmacology

Physiology and pharmacology of the digestive system and energy metabolism

Chemotherapy

Harmful effects of drugs

Instruction

The course includes lectures, group tutorials, laboratory teaching and demonstrations.

Assessment

To pass the final examination, the course must have been completed, i.e. all laboratory work and group work must have been done satisfactorily and the tests must have been passed. The assessment consists of two written tests during the course and one final written examination.