Pharmacotherapy I
Farmacoterapia I
Course code:9494412
Patrícia Maria Cavaco Silva de Sá Montez
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
The goals and objectives are to develop skills to deal with most of the therapeutic decisions commonly made by practicing physicians, taking into account: updated guidelines, patient clinical history, adverse effects and contraindications.
To integrate previous knowledge acquired previously in pharmacology, enabling the student to deal with complex and new problems dealing with pharmacotherapy.
To interpret and take a part in the decisions underlying medical prescriptions. Develop skills that allow following up the use of drugs and distinguishing drug-related events from spontaneous alterations in disease and major drug-drug interactions.
To make a summary and analysis of the best and most common therapeutics used in diseases most prevalent in clinical practice.
Syllabus:
- Introduction to Pharmacotherapy practice
- Bone and joint disorders
- Skin disorders
- Infectious diseases
- Ophthalmic disorders
- Respiratory disorders
Suggested Bibliography:
- Guimarães S, Moura D, Soares da Silva P (2014) Terapêutica medicamentosa e suas bases farmacológicas, 6th ed., Porto Editora, Porto. ISBN 978-972-0-01794-9
- Walker R, Whittlesea C (2011) Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, 5th ed. Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 978-0702042935
- Koda-Kimble MA, Young LY (2009) Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs. 9th ed., Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. ISBN 0-915486-14-8
- Chisholm-Burns MA, Wells BG, Schwinghammer TL, Malone PM, Kolesar JM, Rotschafer JC, DiPiro JT (2016) Pharmacotherapy – Principles and Practice. 4th ed.. McGraw Hill Medical. ISBN 978-0071448802
- Laurence LB, Bruce AC, Björn CK (2011) Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics. 12th ed. McGraw-Hill Professional. ISBN 978-0071624428