Current active subject description (last updated 2021/22)
Theoretical and Applied Pharmacology
BI242F
Current active subject description (last updated 2021/22)
Theoretical and Applied Pharmacology
BI242F
The course introduces the students to general pharmacology and the common drugs used in veterinary medicine. There is an emphasis on anesthesia, analgesia and fluid therapy illustrated by the nursing of acute patients, or pre- or postoperative nursing. The course will also provide a short review of Norwegian laws, regulations and recommendations concerning the use of drugs in treatment of animals, prescription of drugs, common intoxications and alternative medicine and treatments. The course has a separate exam in medical calculations.
For cohort 2019: All 1st and 2nd year courses on the bachelor programme must be passed, in order for the student to start this third year course.
From cohort 2020: All courses in the three first semester must be passed.
Knowledge
The student:
- Knows different formulas and different ways to give drugs to animals
- Knows the modes of action for the main types of drugs used in veterinary medicine
- Has obtained basic knowledge of pharmacokinetics and dynamics, and is aware of side effects
- Knows common drug resistance issues and knows the mechanisms leading to drug resistance
- Has basic knowledge about anesthesia, analgesia and fluid therapy
- Knows the national laws and regulations governing the veterinary nurses` responsibilities and duties in promoting and applying correct storage and use of drugs in veterinary medicine
Skills
The student:
- Is capable of calculating the correct amount of drugs when the dose are given.
- Is capable of preparing prescriptions ready for the veterinarian to control and sign
- Is capable of giving pet owners practical advices on how to give different drug formulas to different species of animals.
General competence.
The student:
- Understands that foreign substances administered to an organism may act on different levels and to different times
- Understands the basic principles of increasing drug resistance, and be able to consider the consequences and the measures to be taken
- Reflects over ethical and welfare aspects of medical treatment of pet animals
No costs except semester registration fee and course literature.
Compulsory: Bachelor in Veterinary Nursing
Lectures
Mandatory attendance at seminars and practical rehearsals
Mandatory assignment/test in medical calculations, 2 hours
The study programme is evaluated annually by students by way of course evaluation studies (mid-term evaluation and final evaluation). These evaluations are included in the universitys quality assurance system.
Compound evaluation, grading scale Letter grades
- Compulsory participation in seminars and practical exercises / skills training , comprises 0/100 of the grade, grading scale Approved/ Not approved.
- Assessment Task - presentation of an assignment at a seminar , comprises 0/100 of the grade, grading scale Approved/ Not approved.
- Assignment - written semester assignment , comprises 0/100 of the grade, grading scale Passed / Not Passed.
- Practical examination - medical calculations, comprises 0/100 of the grade, grading scale Passed / Not Passed.
- Written examination, 5 hours, comprises 100/100 of the grade, grading scale Letter grades.
Pen, ruler and up to 2 bilingual dictionaries.
Generating an answer using ChatGPT or similar artificial intelligence and submitting it wholly or partially as one's own answer is considered cheating.
Curriculum literature
Credits
10
Study location
Bodø
Responsible faculty
Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture
Course coordinator
