TOXI0341-2 : Toxiocological chemistry including pharmacovigilance (part I)

Study Programmes 2015-2016

TOXI0341-2

Toxiocological chemistry including pharmacovigilance (part I)

Duration :

25h Th, 12h SEM

Number of credits :

Master in pharmacy (120 ECTS)		4

Lecturer :

Corinne Charlier

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

After the description of biochemical mechanism of toxicity of main chemical products, this course is dedicated to the study of action and side effects of drugs, drugs of abuse, volatile substances, heavy metals, pesticides, endocrine disruptors....

Learning outcomes of the course :

The goal is to show to the students the multidisciplinarity of toxicolgical sciences.
1.Different chemical products (including drugs and drugs of abuse) which are at risk for human health;
2.Metabolism of xenobiotics, related to toxicity;
3. Monography of main classes of chemical xenobiotics (source of exposure, pharmacokinetics, toxicity)

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

Not appliable

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

12,5 hours of practical sessions are organized on mondays and wednesdays, during 3 weeks,with :
- visit of routine laboratory;
- visit of forensic part of the laboratory;
- official method for blood alcohol determination

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

15 to 16 sessions of 90 minutes, 1 to 2 times a week