FARM5140 – Sports pharmacy and anti-doping

After completing the course you will:

• have knowledge about the role and responsibility of medical support personnel related to the administration of drugs to athletes and to the role of pharmacists in the prevention of doping.
• have knowledge about the anti-doping rules (World Anti-Doping Code, International standards, national rules) and national and international anti-doping work.
• have knowledge about WADAs prohibited list, therapeutic use exemption and the Norwegian drug search database, and how to use this knowledge to advice athletes in correct use of drugs.
• have knowledge about common diagnoses amongst athletes and treatment of these, included pain management, anti-inflammatory drugs, asthma treatment, hormonal treatment and the use of stimulating drugs including drugs of abuse.
• have knowledge about doping analysis, including procedures, methods and result management, and dosing of drugs considering the prohibited list and doping analysis.
• have knowledge about the use of dietary supplements, and the use of this knowledge to do risk assessments, and prevention of doping both in sport and the society.

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
• FARM2100 – Medicinal Chemistry
• FARM2110 – Pharmacotherapy 1
• FARM2120 – Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
• FARM2130 – Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry
• FARM2140 – Pharmaceutical Microbiology
• FARM2150 – Formulation of Drugs and Quality Assurance in Drug Production
• FARM3100 – Pharmacognosy
• FARM3110 – Pharmacotherapy 2 and Physiology 3
• FARM3120 – Medicine Use and Public Health
• FARM3130 – Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)
• FARM4100 – Personalised Drug Therapy
• FARM4110 – Comprehensive Biopharmacy and Formulation Technology
• FARM4120 – Drug Development
• the compulsory HMS-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.

Formal prerequisite knowledge for students admitted to "Studieløp for farmasøyter med mastergrad fra land utenfor EU/EØS" (text available in Norwegian only):

• FARM4910K – Farmakoterapi og samfunnsfarmasi med fokus på norske terapitradisjoner og norske forhold
• FARM4920K – Fra virkestoff til ferdig formulering med fokus på avanserte legemiddelformer
• FARM4930K – Kvalitetssikring ved produksjon og klinisk utprøvning av legemidler
• approved the compulsory HMS-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.

Teaching is provided in the form of::

• 18 hours lectures - the introductory lecture is compulsory
• 13 student-active teaching lessons; case discussions and quizzes, participation as an observer on a simulated doping control, as well as completion of a compulsory mini-seminar, which includes a short written submission beforehand.

Read about what applies in the event of absence from compulsory activities (only in Norwegian).

Compulsory participation in the course must be completed and compulsory submissions must be approved to pass the exam.

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.

Compulsory participation and approved assignments are valid for 3 years.

The course may be cancelled if the enrolled number of students is low.

Final oral exam with preparation time. The oral exam counts 100 % towards the finale grade.

This course has compulsory exercises that must be approved before you can sit the final exam.

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

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