Information Package / Course Catalogue
Pharmacology
Course Code: FRB402
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to provide general information about the drugs to be used during the practice of the profession of physiotherapists and to provide minimum information about the properties of the drugs used in the diseases related to the systems.

Course Content

It has a content that examines the effects of drug use on patients, possible effects and rehabilitation.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Duygu KAYA BİLECENOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1.Learns pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, toxicity and basic concepts of pharmacologic drugs.
2.Learns about parkinson drugs
3.Learns nonsteroid antienflamatory drugs and corticosteroids
4.Learns drugs which have significant effects on rheumatoid arthritis and gout disease
5.Learns drug use in elderly
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Dökmeci İ. Sağlık Yüksekokulları için Farmakoloji. Nobel Tıp Kitabevi Yayını, 2010.
2.Kayaalp O. Rasyonel Tedavi Yönünden Tıbbi Farmakoloji; Nobel Tıp Kitabevi Yayını, 2009.
3.Altan M. Katzung Farmakoloji, Güneş Tıp Yayınevi, İstanbul, 2010
4.Kara H. Sağlık Yüksekokulları için Farmakoloji, Göktuğ Yayınları, Fırat Üniversitesi Elazığ Sağlık Yüksekokulu, 2009
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic concepts of pharmacology Drug sources Drug development steps
Week 2 - Theoretical
Drug application routes
Week 3 - Theoretical
Pharmacokinetic (absorbtion, distribution)
Week 4 - Theoretical
Pharmacokinetic (metabolism, excretion)
Week 5 - Theoretical
Dug interactions
Week 6 - Theoretical
Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic interaction
Week 7 - Theoretical
Drug advers and toxic effects (Pharmacovigilans)
Week 8 - Theoretical
Drug use in elderly (midterm)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Nonsteroidal antienflamatuar drugs Eikasonoids
Week 10 - Theoretical
Drug use in Parkinson treatment Drugs, effect mechanism, advers effects
Week 11 - Theoretical
Muscle relaxants Drugs, effect mechanism, advers effects
Week 12 - Theoretical
Corticosteroids; effect mechanism, classification, adverse effects, interactions
Week 13 - Theoretical
Drugs use in osteoporosis Drugs, effect mechanism, advers effects
Week 14 - Theoretical
Drugs use in gout Drugs, effect mechanism, advers effects
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Individual Work7017
Midterm Examination1708
Final Examination19010
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)53
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
OÇ-1
2
2
2
2
5
5
2
OÇ-2
2
2
2
2
5
5
2
OÇ-3
2
2
2
2
5
5
2
OÇ-4
2
2
2
2
5
5
2
OÇ-5
2
2
2
2
5
5
2
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026