Syllabus
UNE Summer Session
DEN 442: Pharmacology – 12 Weeks
Credits - 3
Description
Materials
Learning Objectives and Outcomes
Westbrook College of Health Professions Dental Hygiene Program Outcomes:
Learning throughout life is paramount for keeping pace with the ever-changing world of technology, health care, and one’s understanding of the world we live in for civic, personal, social, or employment aims.
Course Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Summarize basic principles involved in pharmacology including drug properties, actions, and reactions.
- Identify important generic or trade name drugs and identify the drug group to which it belongs
- Identify the indication(s) for various drugs commonly seen in dental hygiene patient care
- Describe the mechanism of action for various drugs commonly seen in dental hygiene patient care.
- List contraindications and adverse effects of medications commonly seen in dental hygiene patient care.
- Describe the specific relevance of each drug to the dental hygienist and the implications it may pose to dental hygiene patient care.
Assignments
Summative assessments:
- Exams: 5 one hour exams
- The total cumulative final exam
- Worksheet assignments: 10 Assignments
- Case Studies: 4 total
Grading Policy
Your grade in this course will be determined by the following criteria:
Grade Breakdown
| Exams (5) 8% each | 40% |
| Cummulative Final Exam | 15% |
| Worksheet assignments (10) 3% each | 30% |
| Case Studies (5) 3% each | 15% |
| Total | 100% |
Grade Scale
| Grade | Points Grade | Point Average (GPA) |
| A | 94 – 100% | 4.00 |
| A- | 90 – 93% | 3.75 |
| B+ | 87 – 89% | 3.50 |
| B | 84 – 86% | 3.00 |
| B- | 80 – 83% | 2.75 |
| C+ | 77 – 79% | 2.50 |
| C | 74 – 76% | 2.00 |
| C- | 70 – 73% | 1.75 |
| D | 64 – 69% | 1.00 |
| F | 00 – 63% | 0.00 |
Schedule
Week 1: May 19 – May 25
Week 2: May 26 – Jun 1
Week 3: Jun 2 – Jun 8
Week 4: Jun 9 – Jun 15
Week 5: Jun 16 – Jun 22
Week 6: Jun 23 – Jul 1
Week 7: Jul 2 – Jul 8
Week 8: Jul 9 – Jul 15
Week 9: Jul 16 – Jul 22
Week 10: Jul 23 – Jul 29
Week 11: Jul 30 – Aug 5
Week 12: Aug 6 – Aug 12
Week 1: Introduction to Pharmacology: General Principles, Drug Action and Handling, and Adverse Reactions
- Course Materials:
- Review Course Syllabus
- Week 1 Lecture #1:Introduction to Pharmacology and Drug action and handling
- Lecture #2: Adverse reactions
- Readings from textbook due today: Chapters 1,2,3 (pages 1 -29)
- Worksheet #1 covering chapters 1 ,2, 3
Week 2: Autonomic Drugs
- Course Materials:
- Week 2 Lecture: Autonomic Drugs
- Readings from textbook due today: Chapter 4 (pages 31 -44)
- Exam #1 (covering chapters 1,2,3)
- Worksheet # 2
Week 3: Non narcotic and narcotic analgesics
- Course Materials:
- Week 3 Lecture #1: Non narcotic analgesics
- Week 3 Lecture #2: narcotic analgesics
- Readings from textbook due today: chapters 5 and 6 (pages 45-57 and 57-67)
- Worksheet # 3
Week 4: Anti Infectives
- Course Materials:
- Week 4 Lecture: Anti infectives
- Readings from textbook due today: Anti infectives chapter 7 (pages 68-89)
- Exam #2 (covering chapters 4,5,6)
- Worksheet #4
Week 5: Anti fungal, anti virals, and Antineoplastics
- Course Materials:
- Week 5 lecture #1: Antifungals and antivirals,
- Week 5 lecture #2: antineoplastics
- Readings from textbook due today: Antifungals and antivirals chapter 8, (pages 90-99) and antineoplastics chapter 20 (pages 233- 235 and page 287)
- Worksheet #5
- Case study #1
Week 6: General anesthetics, anti anxiety drugs, CNS disorder drugs
- Course Materials:
- Week 6 lecture:#1 General Anesthetics,
- Week 6 lecture #2: Anti anxiety drugs,
- Week 6 lecture #3: CNS disorder drugs
- Readings from textbook due today: General Anesthetics, chapter 11 (pages 128-130), Anti anxiety drugs chapter 9,( pages 100 to 110), CNS disorder drugs chapter 15 (pages 176-186)
- Exam #3 (covering chapters 7,8,20)
- Worksheet # 6
Week 7: Cardiovascular Drugs
- Course Materials:
- Week 7 Lecture #1: Cardiovascular Drugs, hypertension only
- Week 7 Lecture #2: Cardiovascular Drugs, non hypertensives
- Readings from textbook due today: chapter 12, (pages 133-144)
- Worksheet #7
Week 8: Respiratory and Gastrointestinal Drugs
- Course Materials:
- Week 8 Lecture #1: Respiratory Drugs
- Week 8 Lecture #2: Gastrointestinal drugs
- Readings from textbook due today: chapter 17 (pages 195-207), chapter 13 (pages 160-166)
- Exam #4 (covering chapters 11, 9, 15, and 12)
- Worksheet #8
Week 9: Drugs used in the treatment of Seizure Disorders and Diabetes Mellitus
- Course Materials:
- Week 9 Lecture #1: Seizure disorders
- Week 9 Lecture #2: Diabetes Mellitus
- Readings from textbook due today: chapter 14 (pages 167-175), chapter 18 (pages 208-217)
- Worksheet #9
- Case study #2 due
Week 10: Substance Use Disorders
- Course Materials:
- Week 10 Lecture: Substance use disorders
- Readings from textbook due today chapter 23, (pages 258-271)
- Exam #5 (covering chapters 17, 13, 14, 18)
- Worksheet #10
- Case study #3 due
Week 11: Final Exam Review
- Course Materials:
- Final Exam review
- Case study #4 due
Week 12: Final Exam
Student Resources
Summer Session Online Student Support
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Questions? Email: summersessiononline@une.edu.
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- Library Questions: Ask a librarian or phone library staff at (207) 602-2361 or (207) 221-4330.
Further Assistance
Your student support specialist monitors course progression and provides assistance or guidance when needed. They can assist questions regarding ordering course materials, University policies, billing, navigating the course in Brightspace, and more.
To request an accommodation a student needs to go through the process with our UNE office. If the student has a current/already established accommodation in place with UNE it is the responsibility of the student to notify the program at summersessiononline@une.edu to ensure it is applied properly.
If you need to inquire about a possible accommodation, please reach out to the Student Access Center by calling 207-221-4418 or send an email to pcstudentaccess@une.edu.
Policies
Summer Session & Academic Engagement Policy
Online students are required to submit a graded assignment/discussion prior to Sunday evening at 11:59 pm EDT of the first week of the term. If a student does not submit a posting to the graded assignment/discussion by 11:59 pm EDT on Sunday of the first week, the student will be automatically dropped from the course for non-participation. Review the Student Summer Session Manual for full details.
Proctored Examinations
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Course Length
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- Course due dates, start and end dates are in respect to Eastern Time.
Withdrawal and Refund Policies
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Grade Policy
Students are expected to attempt and complete all graded assignments and proctored exams by the end date of the course.
Transcripts
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Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to the following:
- Cheating, copying, or the offering or receiving of unauthorized assistance or information.
- Fabrication or falsification of data, results, or sources for papers or reports.
- Action which destroys or alters the work of another student.
- Multiple submission of the same paper or report for assignments in more than one course without permission of each instructor.
- Plagiarism, the appropriation of records, research, materials, ideas, or the language of other persons or writers and the submission of them as one's own.
Charges of academic dishonesty will be reviewed by the College. Penalties for students found responsible for violations may depend upon the seriousness and circumstances of the violation, the degree of premeditation involved, and/or the student’s previous record of violations. Appeal of a decision may be made to the Dean whose decision will be final. Student appeals will take place through the grievance process outlined in the student handbook.