Physiological bases for medicament effects Field of study: Biotechnology
Programme code: W2-S2BTA19.2021

Module name: Physiological bases for medicament effects
Module code: 2BT_E_22
Programme code: W2-S2BTA19.2021
Semester:
  • summer semester 2025/2026
  • winter semester 2025/2026
  • summer semester 2024/2025
  • winter semester 2024/2025
  • summer semester 2023/2024
  • winter semester 2023/2024
  • summer semester 2022/2023
  • winter semester 2022/2023
  • summer semester 2021/2022
  • winter semester 2021/2022
Language of instruction: English
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 4
Description:
The aim of the classes is to acquire the knowledge of molecular targets and mechanisms of medicament action, including physiological causation (homeostasis) and practical skills enabling the student to use the data from medicament decscriptions, including biotechnological medicaments. The lectures cover the review of physiological and pathophysiological bases of pharmacology (medicament receptors, cascades of induced or inhibited reactions) and elements of pharmacokinetics and pharmacoeconomics. Practical trainings teach students how to use virtual pharmacokinetical models, dose-effect correlations and how to search for data in medicament bases and how to analyze them. Student’s own work with handbooks and electronic sources of data is aimed at the preparation for the classes and creating of schemes and reports used during the classes.
Prerequisites:
Knowledge and skills in animal physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology acquired during the previous study stages, enabling the students to understand the language of pharmacology and pathophysiological attempt to the medicament description. It is recommended, though not necessary to possess elementary knowledge of patophysiology.
Key reading:
see: syllabus compulsory reading
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
Student demonstrates the knowledge of techniques and tools applied in pharmacology, is able to find connections between physiological and pharmacological data, considering the challenges of biotechnological medicaments. [2BT_E_22_1]
 2BT_E_W02_P [4/5] 2BT_E_W04_P [4/5]
Student operates with the acquired knowledge joining pharmacology and physiology, is able to process and analyze data and present them in an assessable way. [2BT_E_22_2]
 2BT_E_W05_P [4/5]
Student demonstrates the knowledge of English pharmacological and physiological pharmacology that enables them to acquire information from electronic sources, medical databases including molecular targets and mechanisms of action. [2BT_E_22_3]
 2BT_E_W09_P [3/5] 2BT_E_U05_P [3/5]
Student is able to analyze critically the information about medicaments, found without tutor’s help; is able to differentiate between commercial and scientific description. [2BT_E_22_4]
 2BT_E_U02_P [4/5] 2BT_E_K04_P [4/5]
Student can present scientific articles and reports on physiology, pathology and pharmacology. [2BT_E_22_5]
 2BT_E_U06_P [4/5]
Student is able to draw conclusions from available metaanalyses and clinical researches, connect them with his/her knowledge and appreciate the significance of the data obtained from the studies on large, randomized groups by means of adequate statistical tools. [2BT_E_22_6]
 2BT_E_U01_P [4/5] 2BT_E_K01_P [4/5]
Student is in a habit to use various sources of scientific information, including newsletters and scientific portals and to apply the rulet of critical concluding during the assessment of their reliability and credibility. Student independently, of their own initiative, searches for medicament information and share it with other students during the classes. [2BT_E_22_7]
 2BT_E_K01_P [3/5] 2BT_E_K02_P [4/5]
Type Description Codes of the learning outcomes of the module to which assessment is related
Colloquium [2BT_E_22_w_1]
Written work checking the level of knowledge and skills acquired during the laboratory classes.
 2BT_E_22_1 2BT_E_22_2 2BT_E_22_3 2BT_E_22_4 2BT_E_22_6
Current evaluation of practical skills [2BT_E_22_w_2]
Current substantial evaluation of the realization of tasks, models, schemes, graphs and diagrams. The evaluation of abilities to collect and interpret data from reference medical databases. Substantial and formal evaluation of presented scientific reports.
 2BT_E_22_1 2BT_E_22_2 2BT_E_22_3 2BT_E_22_4 2BT_E_22_5 2BT_E_22_6 2BT_E_22_7
Final colloquium [2BT_E_22_w_3]
Final work (presentation) on the molecular target and mechanism of action of a chosen medicament.
 2BT_E_22_2 2BT_E_22_4 2BT_E_22_5 2BT_E_22_6 2BT_E_22_7
Form of teaching Student's own work Assessment of the learning outcomes
Type Description (including teaching methods) Number of hours Description Number of hours
lecture [2BT_E_22_fs_1]
Lecture supported by audiovisual devices, including schemes demonstrating molecular targets and mechanisms of medicament action.
 15
Preparation fo colloquia and final pass, including individual learning of the parts of material, indicated by the lecturer, that have been omitted during the lectures.
 35 Final colloquium [2BT_E_22_w_3]
practical classes [2BT_E_22_fs_2]
Analyses of the structure and ability to acquire information from the reference databases about the medicaments. Pharmacikinetic and pharmacodynamic models. Construction of schemes demonstrating the mechanisms of medicament action. Experiments in virtual laboratory.
 20
Searching for information in the databases used during the classes, preparation of a mini-presentation based on the data collected without the tutor’s help.
 45 Colloquium [2BT_E_22_w_1] Current evaluation of practical skills [2BT_E_22_w_2]
discussion classes [2BT_E_22_fs_3]
Discuss the presented mini-presentation, analysis and finding solutions to emerging problems; Reference to the literature and online sources
 10
Preparation of a mini-presentation based on self-collected data
 15 Final colloquium [2BT_E_22_w_3]
Attachments
Module description (PDF)
Information concerning module syllabuses might be changed during studies.
Syllabuses (USOSweb)
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