Course description

During Veterinary Pharmacology 1, students learn the basics of general pharmacology, and the theoretical and practical aspects of the usage of several drug groups (organotropic agents). Regarding practical aspects, we aim to develop students’ first day skills for successful and prudent drug use in the most common veterinary cases. We put strong emphasis on educating pharmacology based on the recommendations of the current international guidelines and scientific articles, furthermore, through this approach, we encourage students for lifelong learning and the usage of relevant scientific literature. Legal, ethical and public health aspects of veterinary drug usage are also covered by the subject. Furthermore, during practicals, students learn to write prescriptions and can study different drug administration routes and the handling of animals.

Lectures theme

TOPICS OF LECTURES – VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY

Academic year 2023/2024, 1^st Semester

Time of Lectures:          Monday         10¹⁵-12⁰⁰         Magyary-Kossa Lecture Hall

                                            Thursday      9¹⁵ – 10⁰⁰        Magyary-Kossa Lecture Hall

Budapest, 1^st of September 2023

Ákos Jerzsele DVM, Ph.D

Head of Department, Associate Professor

Practical lessons theme

I^st Semester 2023/2024. Practical Topic List

Practical group teachers

Budapest, 1^st of September 2023

Ákos Jerzsele DVM, Ph.D

Head of Department, Associate Professor

Evaluation description

I N F O R M A T I O N

VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY in English, Fall semester, Academic year 2023/2024

1. For completing the semester these are obligatory:

• Regular visiting of the lectures (lectures can be missed not more than three times per semester)
• Successfully completing all practicals, including:

• • practicals can be missed not more than three times per semester, and all missed practicals must be retaken,
  • changing group for the practicals is allowed two times per semester, but only upon previous agreement with the practical group teacher,
  • passing the small tests: achieving at least an average of 60% on the small tests.

• Passing the two midterm tests: achieving at least 60% on each midterm test.

The acceptance of the semester is certified by the signature of the authorized teacher. More than five weeks of absence in a semester results in an automatic exclusion from the semester (cf. Student’s guide).

2. Practicals

The attendance on all practicals is obligatory. The names of students will be checked by the practical group teacher, and in addition, students will prove their appearance with their signature. All missed practicals have to be retaken. Students should bring a lab coat to all practicals.

Students have to be able to answer questions about the topic of former and actual practicals satisfactory, especially when there are case studies on the practicals. Furthermore, students will need to write small tests at the beginning of practicals, and for passing the course, at least an average of 60% should be achieved on them. Dates of case studies and small tests are included in the practical schedule. Retake of failed small tests is not possible. If a student fails to answer to the oral questions, the practical need to be retaken. Retake of the practicals is done upon discussion with the practical group teacher.

3. Midterm tests

Schedule of the two midterm tests is included in the practical schedule. Minimum acceptance level of completion is 60% for each midterm. Failed or missed midterm tests can be retaken during the semester only once. If the student cannot attend the retake midterm, it will be counted as a failed test. The only exception is if someone cannot attend the test due some other commitments related to their university studies, in which case an additional occasion can be provided for test writing. Those students who aim to improve their result can also write the retake midterms, but in this case, the second result will count in the final grade, even if it’s worse than the original one. During the midterm tests, students must place all their electronic devices (e.g. phones, tablets, smart watches) at a place where they are fully visible, and must not use them during test writing.

Reviewing the midterm tests will be done as follows:

• in case of a failed midterm, students may review their test on the week of the midterm with their practical group teacher, upon discussing the dates separately with the teacher,
• in case of a passed midterm, students may review their test at the end of their next practical.

The final grades will be based on the results of two midterm tests and the practical small tests’ average¹. If any of the three grades is unsatisfactory, the semester will not be accepted. In this case the student should have a final retake test about the topics of the whole semester at the end of the semester. If this test is successfully passed, the grade will be satisfactory in all cases (regardless of the achieved percentage on this final test). However, in case of failing this last retake test, the acceptance of the semester will not be certified by the signature of the head of department.

At the end of fall semester, students will be evaluated as follows:

excellent (5) – ≥ 90%

good (4)      – ≥ 80%

medium (3) – ≥ 70%

satisfactory (2) – > 60%

unsatisfactory (1)   – ≤ 60%

Recommended literature:
Lecture slideshows (obligatory)
Dawn Boothe: Small Animal Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Donald C. Plumb: Plumb’s Veterinary Drug Handbook
Jim E. Riviere & Mark G. Papich: Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Steeve Giguére: Antimicrobial Therapy in Veterinary Medicine

¹Average of the small tests will give 1/3 of the final grade. The two midterm results will provide other 2/3 for the calculation. Finally, average of these three scores will be calculated and used for the evaluation.

Budapest, 1^st September 2022

Ákos Jerzsele DVM, Ph.D

Head of Department, Associate Professor