Degree in Health Engineering La Salle Campus Barcelona

Degree in Health Engineering

Lead the technological advances that will define the medicine of the future.

Pharmacology

Description
The objective of the Pharmacology course is to provide students with basic knowledge in pharmacology to apply it in the field of engineering. It includes aspects such as understanding the processes of drug development and commercialization, basic notions of drug administration and preparation methods, safety in their use, the most common therapeutic groups, as well as the most common pharmacological treatments.
Type Subject
Tercer - Obligatoria
Semester
First
Course
3
Credits
6.00

Titular Professors

Previous Knowledge
Objectives

Students acquire the knowledge and develop the skills indicated below:
1. Properly use the specific terminology of pharmacology and understand the process of research, production, and commercialization of medications.
2. Identify therapeutic groups, drugs, and pharmaceutical forms, as well as their behavior in the organism.
3. Gain autonomy in searching for the pharmacological properties and safety of medications in reliable bibliographic sources.

Contents

1. Development and commercialization process of medications. Legislation.
2. General foundations of medication behavior in the body.
3. Preparation, dispensing, and administration of medications.
4. Basic notions of safety in medication use, interactions, adverse reactions, and medication errors.
5. Study of the most frequent therapeutic groups in professional practice in community and hospital settings.

Methodology

The subject is taught using a combination of different teaching methodologies: from lectures to convey the fundamental theoretical concepts of the course, problem-based learning, and practical sessions where challenges related to pharmacology are presented and solved through individual or group activities.

Evaluation

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Evaluation Criteria
Basic Bibliography

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Additional Material

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