) Basic Information:

• Allocated marks:  60marks
• Course duration: 24  weeks of teaching
• Teaching  hours: lectures:……….1 hours/week =  24 total teaching hours

B) Professional Information:

 1- Overall Aim of the Course:                                                                                  

• To provide the advanced knowledge about commonly used groups of drugs affecting different body systems and their implications in therapy of diseases and health promotion.

  2- Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs):

2.1 Knowledge and understanding:

   By the end of the course, students should be able to:

2.1- Knowledge and understanding:

2.1.1- Discuss   the   pharmacokinetic,   pharmacodynamic   and   pharmacotherpeutic  properties of different groups of drugs affecting body systems.

2.1.2- Discuss the adverse and toxic effects, and their management of commonly used groups interactions.

2.1.4-  Define clinically relevant age, sex and genetic related variations that affect response  to drugs.

2.1.5- Discuss the pathophysiology of diseases and explain the rational basis for the use of drugs.

2.1.6- Discuss the impact of preventive pharmacology in promoting health and prevent  illness.

2.5. Intellectual Skills:

                 By the end of the course, students should be able to:

2.5.1- interpret accurately drug's dosage, bioavailability, plasma half life and volume of distribution in different patient populations

2.5.2- reviews a comprehensive drug history of the patient.

2.5.3- Interpret drug adverse reactions.