Leeds UK, Medical Pharmacology. TIMETABLE
Date..........Subject
24 Sep..........Introduction to pharmacology
25 Sep..........The concept of drug receptors
28 Sep..........Chemical neurotransmission in peripheral nerves
2 Oct...........Cholinomimetic and cholinoceptor blocking drugs
2 Oct...........Briefing session ; Allocation of literature topics
7 Oct...........Adrenoceptors and their agonists
9 Oct..........Drugs which interfere with noradrenergic transmission
14 Oct.........Antidysrhythmic drugs
16 Oct.........Cardiac stimulants
16 Oct.........Briefing session for simulated vascular experiment
21 Oct.........Drugs used in the treatment of angina
23 Oct.........Diuretics
28 Oct.........Antihypertensive drugs
30 Oct.........Antihypertensive drugs II
30 Oct.........Clinical case studies - Management of cardiovascular disease
6 Nov..........Mediators of inflammation
11 Nov.........Mediators of inflammation ll
13 Nov.........Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
13 Nov.........Tutorials
18 Nov.........Steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
20 Nov.........Drugs acting on the respiratory system
20 Nov.........Tutorials
20 Nov.........Deadline for handing in drug profile
25 Nov.........Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal tract
27 Nov.........Drugs and fertility
27 Nov.........Deadline for handing in vascular experiment report
27 Nov.........Clinical case studies -Management of obstructive airway disease
2 Dec..........Drugs and fertility II
4 Dec..........Drugs acting on the thyroid
4 Dec..........MCQ examination
9 Dec..........Drugs and blood sugar
13 Jan.........Drug absorption and distribution
15 Jan.........Drug biotransformation and excretion
15 Jan.........Clinical Case studies - Management of diabetes
20 Jan.........Pharmacokinetics
22 Jan.........Adverse drug effects
22 Jan.........Briefing session for pharmacokinetic experiment
29 Jan.........Cancer chemotherapy
29 Jan.........Tutorials
3 Feb..........Cancer chemotherapy II
5 Feb..........Immunosuppressants
5 Feb..........Tutorials
12 Feb.........Penicillins
17 Feb.........Penicillins II
19 Feb.........Aminoglycosides and macrolides
20 Feb.........Tetracyclines and quinolones
26 Feb.........Antifungal drugs
26 Feb.........Deadline for handing in pharmacokinetic experiment report
26 Feb.........Tutorials
3 Mar..........Antiviral drugs
5 Mar..........Antiprotozoal drugs
5 Mar..........Clinical Case studies (Management of infection)
10 Mar.........Antihelminthic drugs
12 Mar.........MCQ exam
Between March and May lectures on neuropharmacology are given in the neuroscience
integrated medical topic (see neuroscience timetable for details) and are examined within that topic.
19 May.........Local anaesthetics I
21 May.........Local anaesthetics II
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