8.1. Paediatric Pharmacotherapy Specifics
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Seminar are designed to acquire and consolidate the knowledge of the specificity of child pharmacotherapy: to remind the basic knowledge of the mechanism of action of drugs in the context of a child, to understand the distinctness of the structure and functioning of the child's body. During the lectures, the student acquires knowledge about the treatment of the most common childhood diseases, taking into account the indications, contraindications, dosage and side effects of the drugs in question. The subject will allow you to recall and organize the knowledge of the basics of pediatric propaedeutics in the treatment of a child.
Total student workload
1. The workload related to classes requiring the direct participation of academic teachers is:
- participation in the seminar: 6 hours
- completion of the assessment: 0.5 hour
The workload related to classes requiring the direct participation of academic teachers is: 6 hours, which corresponds to 0.24 ECTS points
2. Balance of student workload:
- participation in the seminar: 6 hours
- preparation for the seminar (including reading the indicated literature): 2 hours
- preparation for the exam and passing the exam: 1 + 1 = 2 hours
The total student workload is 10 hours, which corresponds to 0.4 ECTS points
3. Workload related to scientific research:
- reading selected scientific literature: 1 hour
- participation in the seminar (taking into account research results and scientific studies in the field of the specificity of pediatric pharmacology): 6 hours
- preparation for passing the exam (taking into account scientific studies in the field of the specificity of pediatric pharmacology): 1 hour
The total student workload related to scientific research is 8 hours, which corresponds to 0.32 ECTS points
4. Time required to prepare for and participate in the assessment process:
- preparation for passing: 6 + 0.5 = 6.5 hours (0.26 ECTS points)
5. Balance of the student's practical workload - participation in exercises:
not applicable
6. Time required to complete the mandatory internship:
not applicable
Learning outcomes - knowledge
W1: Characterizes individual groups of therapeutic agents (C K_W34).
W2: He knows the main mechanisms of drug action and their age-dependent changes in the system (C K_W35).
W3: Determines the influence of disease processes on the metabolism and elimination of drugs (C K_W36).
W4: He knows the basic principles of pharmacotherapy (C K_W37).
Learning outcomes - skills
U1: Performs simple pharmacokinetic calculations (C K_U13).
U2: Selects drugs in appropriate doses in order to correct pathological phenomena in the body and in individual organs (C K_U14).
U3: Designs a scheme of rational chemotherapy of infections, empirical and targeted (C K_U15).
U4: Can correctly prepare records of all prescription forms of medicinal substances (C K_U16).
U5: Uses pharmaceutical catalogs and databases on medicinal products (C K_U17).
Learning outcomes - social competencies
K1: Has the habit and skills of continuous training (K_K08).
Teaching methods
Seminar:
• information lecture
• didactic discussion
• case studies
Prerequisites
A student commencing education in the subject of the specificity of pediatric pharmacotherapy should have knowledge on the basics of the mechanism of action of drugs and toxicology as well as on pediatrics.
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
-Credit for the course - Activity and attendance,
-The exam in the module in oral or written form: (0-10 points;> 60%): (W1-W4, U1-U5).
% of points obtained Assessment
92≤… ..≤100 Very good (5)
88≤… .. <92 Good plus (4+)
80≤… .. <88 Good (4)
71≤… .. <80 Sufficient plus (3+)
60≤… .. <71 Sufficient (3)
0… .. <60 Insufficient (2)
Practical placement
Bibliography
Basic literature:
1. Mutschler E., Geisslinger G., Kroemer HK., Ruth P., Schafer-Korting M.; Mutschler PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY. MedPharm Polska Publishing House, Wrocław, 2016
2. Kawalec W., Grenda R., Ziółkowska H.; PEDIATRIA volume 1 and 2 Wydawnictwo Lekarskie PZWL, Warsaw 2016
3. Dobrzańska A., Ryżko J.; PEDIATRIA textbook for the Medical Final Examination and the State Final Examination. Edra Urban&Partner Publishing House, Wrocław 2015
4. Rogowska-Szadkowska D.; Who does medical marijuana help? Publisher: PZWL, Warsaw 2022
Additional literature:
5. Korbut R., PHARMACOLOGY, Jagiellonian University Publishing House, 2009. General and clinical pharmacology, Volume 1 and 2, Bertman G. Katzung 2012.
Additional information
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