Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Teaching activities

DPaT provides teaching of subjects in the study programs General veterinary medicine, Veterinary Nurse, Food hygiene and Pharmacy in Slovak language and several subjects for foreign students in study programs General veterinary medicine (GVM), Veterinary nurse (Vet-N), Post Bachelors (BSc.), and Joint study program Animal sciences (JSP BSc.) in English language. In the study programs GVM, post BSc. and post BSc-JSP, the students obtain knowledges from the tree important fields of pharmacology: pharmacy, pharmacology and pharmacotherapy. They are acquainted with basic principles of drug preparations and formulations, with active substances of pharmacotherapeutics groups and their use in animal therapy. In the study program Pharmacy students learn about specificities of veterinary pharmacology and about pharmaco-therapeutical groups of medicaments used in animal therapy. The subject Introduction to Pharmacology provides basics of veterinary pharmacology.

In the field of Toxicology DPaT provides the pregraduate teaching of the compulsory subject – Toxicology in the study programs General Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy and Food Hygiene in the Slovak language. The obligatory elective subject – Ecotoxicology is in the Study Program of the General Veterinary Medicine. Toxicology and Ecotoxicology are presented to foreign students in English. The Institute also provides the compulsory subject – the analysis of contaminants in feed and food in the study program - food and feed safety and the compulsory elective subject - the basis of scientific work in the study programs - general veterinary medicine and food hygiene.

In the field of Human and clinical pharmacology DPaT provides teaching of two obligatory subjects and three optional subjects for students of pharmacy. Moreover, the DPaT is involved in teaching of one optional subject for students of human an animal relationships and its use in canistherapy and hippotherapy. Besides, the DPaT is involved in preparation of diploma theses and rigorous theses for students of pharmacy. The compulsory subject "Pharmacology" is aimed on the understanding of general principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs and application of this knowledge to the individual groups of drugs for individual organ systems. The compulsory subject "Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy" is aimed on acquiring current knowledge about the drugs effects on the patients, about the drugs safety and efficacy in clinical practice as well as on the practical application of this knowledge in rational pharmacotherapy. The optional subjects are aimed on the detailed information about the effects of the free radicals and antioxidants as well as effect of phytopharmaceuticals in living organism. Besides, the rationale drug used during the pregnancy and lactation can be studied in another optional subject. The basic principles of first aid is possible to study for students of human an animal relationships and its use in canistherapy and hippotherapy in the optional subject.

General Veterinary Medicine:

• Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Theraeutics (6^th – 7^th semester)
• Clinical Pharmacology (10^th semester )
• Toxicology (5^th semester)
• Ecotoxicology (7^th semester)

Post BSc. JSp General veterinary medicine:

• Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Therapeutics (6^th – 7^th semester)
• Clinical Pharmacology (10^th semester)
• Toxicology (1^st semester)
• Ecotoxicology (2^nd semester)

Post BSc. General Veterinary medicine:

• Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Therapeutics (6^th – 7^th semester)
• Clinical Pharmacology (10^th semester)
• Toxicology (1^st semester)
• Ecotoxicology (2^nd semester)

Joint study Programme Animal Science:

• Introduction to Pharmacology (compulsory subject)

Veterinary nurse:

• Basics of pharmacology
• Toxicology

Food and feed safety:

• Analysis of contaminants in feed and food (4^th – 5^th semester)

Pharmacy:

• Veterinary pharmacology (obligatory subject)
• Veterinary therapeutics (compulsory optional subject)
• Pharmaceutical propedeutics (1^st semester)
• Toxicology (5^th semester)
• Imunotoxicology (6^th semester )
• Free radicals and antioxidants (5^th semester)
• Phytopharmaceuticals (6^th semester)
• Pharmacology (6^th - 7^th semester)
• Medicines applied during pregnancy and lactation (7^th semester)
• Diploma thesis (7^th – 9^th semester)
• Clinical pharmacology and pharmacotherapy (8^th semester)