FARM3110 – Pharmacotherapy 2 and Physiology 3

After completing the course:

• you can describe pathogenesis, etiology and symptomatology of rheumatology, osteoporosis, pain, and selected neurological and psychiatric diseases.
• you will have broad knowledge about CNS physiology and sex hormones function and therapy.
• you will have broad knowledge about the principles of the current drug therapy and understand the use of relevant drugs and dosage of these. In addition, you will know drugs with special requirements regarding dosage and use.
• you can identify benefits and potential problems related to simultaneous use of multiple drugs, and evaluate pharmacotherapy in relation to non-pharmacological treatment.
• you can identify likely adverse effects of drugs.
• you can provide relevant information about various drugs and correct use of these to patients.
• you can communicate professional knowledge orally and communicate with other healthcare professionals.

Passed the exam in:

• ​FARM1100 – Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• FARM1110 – Pharmacology, Physiology and Cell Biology 1
• FARM1120 – Social Pharmacy
• FARM1130 – Pharmaceutically Based Organic Chemistry
• FARM1140 – Pharmacology, Physiology and Cell Biology 2
• FARM1150 – Pharmaceutical Based Biochemistry
• The compulsory HSE-courses HMS0501 – Safety and Physical Environment, HMS0502 – Positive Learning Environment, HMS0503 – Laboratory Safety, HMS0506 – Patient Clinic Safety and HMS0507 – Fire Safety required for students at the 5-year Master`s Programme in Pharmacy.

The compulsory parts of:

• FARM2110 – Pharmacotherapy 1

Course exemption: Laws and regulations describing the overall learning outcome regulate the Pharmacy Programme. Exemptions are only granted if all learning outcomes in the course are covered.

The information about overlaps is not complete.

Passed the exam in:

• FARM2100 – Medicinal Chemistry
• FARM2110 – Pharmacotherapy 1
• FARM2130 – Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry

Lectures and elements involving student-active teaching methods, including problem-based learning (PBL) (compulsory); seminars (incl. flipped classroom); laboratory course (compulsory), and conversation with patients.

• 30 hours lectures - the introductory lecture is compulsory
• 18 hours PBL (6 PBL tasks) - compulsory
• 14 hours mini-lectures - it is compulsory to hold a mini-lecture
• 22 hours seminar/converstation with patients
• 2 hours laboratory course - compulsory

Compulsory participation in the course must be completed and approved before the exam. Approved PBL activities implies that the student has participated actively within the PBL group. The main purpose of PBL is to increase the student´s ability to communicate information about drug use to patients and to other health professionals.

Compulsory participation in the course must be completed and approved and compulsory submissions must be approved to sit the exam. Read more about what applies in the event of absence from compulsory activities (only in Norwegian).

As the teaching involves laboratory and/or field work, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance. Read about your insurance cover as a student.

Access to teaching: A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

Upon completion and approval of laboratory exercises, mini-lecture and PBL teaching, this is valid for 3 years.

Final oral exam which counts 100% towards the final grade.

For admission to the exam the following must be approved:

• Approved participation in PBL teaching.
• Approved laboratory course.
• Held and passed a mini-lecture.

Withdrawal from an examination: It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.

It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses:

• FRM3030 – Use of Drugs, Part III (discontinued)

This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:

• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Withdrawal during an examination / Resitting an examination