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| Title |
Pharmacology
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| Semester |
E2025
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| Master programme in |
Molecular Health Science / Chemical Biology / Mathematical Bioscience
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| Type of activity |
Course |
| Mandatory or elective |
Mandatory/Elective Mandatory: Molecular Health Science Elective: Chemical Biology and Mathematical Bioscience |
| Teaching language |
English
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| Study regulation | |
| REGISTRATION AND STUDY ADMINISTRATIVE | |
| Registration |
Sign up for study activities at stads selvbetjeningwithin the announced registration period, as you can see on the Studyadministration homepage. When signing up for study activities, please be aware of potential conflicts between study activities or exam dates. The planning of activities at Roskilde University is based on the recommended study programs which do not overlap. However, if you choose optional courses and/or study plans that goes beyond the recommended study programs, an overlap of lectures or exam dates may occur depending on which courses you choose. |
| Number of participants |
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| ECTS |
5
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| Responsible for the activity |
Louise Torp Dalgaard (ltd@ruc.dk)
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| Head of study |
Lotte Jelsbak (ljelsbak@ruc.dk)
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| Teachers |
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| Study administration |
INM Registration & Exams (inm-exams@ruc.dk)
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| Exam code(s) |
U60180
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| ACADEMIC CONTENT | |
| Overall objective |
This is a lecture-based course covering basic pharmacology and as well as the pharmacology of selected treatment areas. Basic pharmacology is introduced, such as receptor-ligand interactions, pharmacokinetics and dynamics, absorption, distribution, metabolism, secretion (ADME), as well as combination effects and adverse reactions. The course also aims to give an introduction to development, clinical testing and registration of pharmacological compounds. The pharmacology of selected areas of treatment is covered, for example cardiovascular pharmacology, renal pharmacology, chemotherapeutics, anti-inflammatory agents, hormones & hormone antagonists. |
| Detailed description of content |
Pharmacology is a lecture based course that has the purpose to introduce students into basal pharmacology and how pharmaceteutics are used to treat the most common diseases and ailments. The course will introduce how pharmaceuticals may act, are taken up, distributed in the body, metabolized in different tissues and how they are excreted. Moreover, the course will teach students how drug candidates are developed and tested in order to be registered and approved for use in humans. |
| Course material and Reading list |
Medical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, newest edition (6th edition), authors: Derek G. Waller, Anthony Sampson, Andrew Hitchings, Elsevier. |
| Overall plan and expected work effort |
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| Format |
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| Evaluation and feedback |
The course includes formative evaluation based on dialogue between the students and the teacher(s). Students are expected to provide constructive critique, feedback and viewpoints during the course if it is needed for the course to have better quality. Every other year at the end of the course, there will also be an evaluation through a questionnaire in SurveyXact. The Study Board will handle all evaluations along with any comments from the course responsible teacher. Furthermore, students can, in accordance with RUCs ‘feel free to state your views’ strategy through their representatives at the study board, send evaluations, comments or insights form the course to the study board during or after the course. |
| Programme |
In the first part of the course, focus will be on basic pharmacology; how pharmaceutical drugs act in the organism, how they are taken up, distributed, metabolized and excreted. The next part of the course has focus on how pharmaceutical drugs are developed, tested and approved for use as medicine. The last part of the course has focus on introducing specific categories of pharmaceutical drugs that are in current use as medical substances. The course has focus on some of the most important diseases. Selected lectures may be carried out in the ‘flipped class-room format’. |
| ASSESSMENT | |
| Overall learning outcomes |
After completing the course, the students will be able to:
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| Prerequisites |
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| Form of examination |
Individual written invigilated exam
The exam must be taken on your own PC. You can only use the internet to access the exam materials and for submission in the Digital Exam. The internet must remain on throughout the exam to ensure the Observer program runs successfully. The duration of the exam is 3 hours. Permitted support and preparation materials for the exam: No support or preparation materials are allowed during the exam.. Assessment: 7-point grading scale Moderation: External examiner |
| Form of Re-examination |
Individual oral exam without time for preparation.
Time allowed for exam including time used for assessment: 20 minutes. Permitted support and preparation materials: None. Assessment: 7-point grading scale. Moderation: External examiner. |
| Type of examination in special cases |
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| Examination and assessment criteria (implemented) |
The exam is a 3 hr written invigilated exam. The exam has the form of posing general questions with essay answers. Assessment criteria: -Knowledge and understanding of pharmacological drug action, such as how drugs are taken up, metabolized in the organism and in individual tissues, and excreted. This includes describing the mechanisms involved in the organisms’ handling of foreign substances at different organizational levels (cellular, tissue and organism levels).
Regarding the use of generative AI at the exam In this course, the use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is not allowed in the exam. However, general spell-checking and other language suggestions, such as those known from Word or other word processors, are permitted in all written exams. Read more about the Roskilde University's framework and guidelines for artificial intelligence here. |
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| Last changed | 23/10/2025 |
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