Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Teaching activities
The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology provides teaching of four subjects in the study programmes General Veterinary Medicine, Food Hygiene, Pharmacy, and Veterinary Nurse in the Slovak language as well as two subjects for international students in study programmes General Veterinary Medicine (GVM), post-baccalaureate (BSc.), and joint study programme Animal Science (JSP BSc.) in the English language. In the study programmes General Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary Nurse, the students obtain knowledge from three important fields of pharmacology - pharmacy, pharmacology, and pharmacotherapy. They are acquainted with basic principles of drug forms preparation and formulation, active substances of individual pharmacotherapeutic groups and their use in animal therapy. In the study programme Pharmacy, the students learn about the specifics of veterinary pharmacology and the individual pharmacotherapeutic groups of medicaments used in animal therapy. The subject Introduction to Pharmacology provides the basics of veterinary pharmacology.
General Veterinary Medicine:
- Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Therapeutics (compulsory subject)
- Clinical Pharmacology (compulsory optional subject)
Post BSc. General Veterinary Medicine:
- Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Therapeutics (compulsory subject)
- Clinical Pharmacology (compulsory optional subject)
Joint study programme Animal Science:
- Introduction to Pharmacology (compulsory subject)
From the toxicological disciplines, the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology provides teaching the undergraduate compulsory subject Toxicology in the study programmes General Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, Food Hygiene, and Veterinary Nurse in the Slovak language. The compulsory optional subject Ecotoxicology is offered in the study programme General Veterinary Medicine. The compulsory subject Toxicology and the compulsory optional subject Ecotoxicology are presented to international students in English. The department also provides the compulsory subject Analysis of Contaminants in Feed and Food in the study programme Feed and Food Safety and the compulsory optional subject Basics of Scientific Work in the study programmes General Veterinary Medicine and Food Hygiene.
General Veterinary Medicine:
- Toxicology (5th semester)
- Ecotoxicology (7th semester)
Post BSc. JSP General Veterinary Medicine:
- Toxicology (1st semester)
- Ecotoxicology (2nd semester)
The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology covers the teaching of two compulsory subjects, two compulsory optional subjects and one optional subject in the Pharmacy study programme. Moreover, it is involved in the teaching of one compulsory optional subject in the study programme Man-Animal Relationship And Its Use In Canistherapy And Hipotherapy. Besides, the scientists and teachers of the department act as supervisors or opponents in the preparation or defence of diploma and rigorous theses in the study programme Pharmacy. The compulsory subject Pharmacology is aimed at understanding generally valid principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs and the application of acquired knowledge to individual groups of drugs affecting individual organ systems. The compulsory subject Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy aims at acquiring current knowledge about the effects of drugs on the patient´s body, drugs safety and efficacy in clinical practice as well as the practical application of this knowledge in the process of rational pharmacotherapy. The optional subjects are designed for those interested in detailed information regarding the effects of free radicals and antioxidants or phytopharmaceuticals in the living organism. Besides, these subjects offer information about drugs used during pregnancy. The basics of first aid are offered for students of the study programme Man-Animal Relationship And Its Use In Canistherapy And Hipotherapy.
Pharmacy:
- Free Radicals and Antioxidants (5th semester)
- Phytopharmaceuticals (6th semester)
- Pharmacology (6th and 7th semester)
- Drugs Applied During Pregnancy and Lactation (7th semester)
- Diploma Thesis (7th - 9th semester)
- Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy (8th semester)