Lecture: 4 hours/week
Instructional methods may include online video lectures, webinars, online quizzes, written assignments and interactive classroom activities such as case studies, student presentations, and flipped classroom style group work.
- Terminology and concepts
- definitions
- drug development and marketing
- toxic levels and safety zones - Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
- administration, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs - Drugs by body system
- neurological system
- cardiovascular system
- respiratory system
- musculoskeletal system
- gastrointestinal system
- endocrine and reproductive system
- integumentary system
- ocular and aural system
- urinary system - Drug classification by mechanism of action
- analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs
- anti-neoplastic and immunosuppresive drugs
- anti-parasitic drugs: anthelmintics, anti-nematodals, anti-protozoals, ectoparasiticides
- antimicrobial drugs: bactericidal versus bacteriostatic, broad and narrow spectrum
- anesthetics: local and general
Upon completion of this course, successful students will be able to:
- Use pharmacological terminology.
- Describe the process of drug development, marketing and research.
- Explain Canadian dispensing and prescription label regulations.
- Describe the basic concepts of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
- Calculate dosages of various drug formulations.
- List classes of nervous system and analgesic drugs (including anti-inflammatories) and explain their effects.
- Describe the uses of nervous system drugs for local and general anesthesia and analgesia.
- List classes of cardiovascular and respiratory drugs and explain their effects.
- List types of gastrointestinal and urinary drugs and explain their effects.
- List types of drugs that affect muscle function, skin, reproductive and endocrine systems and explain their effects.
- Discuss commonly used anti-parasitic drugs.
- Describe the types of ophthalmic and otic drugs, their uses and side effects.
- Describe the uses and types of antineoplastic and immunosuppressive drugs and their side effects.
- Discuss the use of antimicrobials in veterinary medicine.
All evaluations will be carried out in accordance with Douglas College Evaluation Policy. The instructor will present a written course outline with specific evaluation criteria at the beginning of the semester. A final minimum cumulative grade of “C” or 60% is required in order to progress in the Veterinary Technology program.
Evaluation will be based on:
Quizzes 10-30% (no quiz worth >5%)
Assignments 15-40% (no evaluation worth >20%)
Midterm or Term Tests 20-40% (no test worth >20%)
Final Exam 20-40%
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