School of Professional and Continuing Studies

CURRENT ADMISSION

 COURSE DESCRIPTION AND AIMS 

The course aims students to be familiar with the principles of drug interaction and pharmacodynamics, with a focus on the central nervous system. Participants in the course will gain basic knowledge about the most important neurotransmitters and their effects. Basic concepts of the behavior of drugs in the body (pharmacokinetics) and the interaction with target structures to achieve a drug effect (pharmacodynamics) will be considered. The main groups of medicines (drugs) with an effect on the CNS with classification and names and focus on psychotropic substances will be presented. Peculiarities in the structure of drugs, routes of administration, dosage, types of drug effect and mechanisms of action of drug substances will be covered. The main effects of psychotropic drugs and their side effects will be discussed. Attention will be paid to new directions in the development of drugs and future directions in the development of neuro- and psycho-pharmacology.

COURSE CONTENT:

LEARNING OUTCOMES 

Students who complete this course:

1) will know:

• How drugs affect the human body and will be familiar with the main characteristics of pharmacological groups affecting the central nervous system
• Approaches to influencing addictions.

2) will be able to:

• Orient in the classification and names of drugs
• They are fluent in basic concepts of pharmacology

 
 
 09 April, 2022 from 08.00 to 12.50 - 6 lessons / online /
 
 10 April, 2022 from 08.00 to 12.50 - 6 lessons / online /
 
 
 
 

Tuition fee: 100 Euro.

Deadline for registration: April 01, 2022.