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Course Detail

Course Name Fundamentals of Pharmacology
Course Code 24MMD311
Program B. Sc. Honors (with Research) in Molecular Medicine
Semester 6
Credits 2
Campus Kochi

Syllabus

Preamble

Introduction to Pharmacology, Definition, historical landmarks and scope of pharmacology, nature and source of drugs, essential drugs concept and routes of drug administration, Pharmacokinetics- Membrane transport, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs. Pharmacodynamics- Principles and mechanisms of drug action. Drug discovery and clinical evaluation of new drugs -Drug discovery phase, preclinical evaluation phase, clinical trial phase, phases of clinical trials and pharmacovigilance.

Unit 1

Introduction to pharmacology, history and current developments in pharmacology

Unit 2

Drug receptors and Pharmacodynamics

Unit 3

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

Unit 4

Drug Biotransformation

Unit 5

Development and Regulation of Drugs

Objectives and Outcomes

Program Outcome

PO1: Bioscience Knowledge

PO2: Problem Analysis

PO3: Design/Development of Solutions

PO4: Conduct Investigations of complex problems

PO5: Modern tools usage

PO6: Bioscientist and Society

PO7: Environment and Sustainability

PO8: Ethics

PO9: Individual & Team work

PO10: Communication

PO11: Project management & Finance

PO12: Lifelong learning

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Program Specific Outcomes. (PSO)

PSO 1 – Chemical and physical basis of biology

PSO 2 – Computational science in biology and medicine

PSO 3 – Biochemical and physiological complexity in biology and medicine

PSO 4 – Molecular technology in biology and medicine

PSO 5 – Cell based approaches in diagnosis and therapy

PSO 6 – Microorganisms in medicine

PSO 7 – Nanoscale entities and its significance in medicine

PSO 8 – Tissue architecture engineering in medicine

PSO 9 – Compounds as drugs and its efficacy

PSO 10 – Bioinformatics and artificial intelligence in medicine

PSO 11 –Technology in personalizing medicine

PSO 12 – Protein structural complexity in medicine

PSO 13 – Projecting science and medicine to public

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Evaluation Pattern

Internal Assessment – 50% 

Periodical 1 

Exam 

20% 

Periodical 2 

Exam 

20% 

Continuous Assessment 

Assignment/Test/Quiz

10% 

50%

End Semester Examination- 50% 

Theory Exam 

50% 

50%

Total

100%

Text Books / References

Essentials of Medical Pharmacology by KD Tripathi 8th Edition 2018

Class reference book: Basic & Clinical Pharmacology by Bertram G. Katzung, 14th Edition 2018

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