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Use of simulation to learn patient management and clinical procedures. Dental chair parts and their uses. Operation of the dental chair and its maintenance. Chair positioning for each procedure.

Drug derivations, sources, classifications. Pharmacology –basic principles, uses of drugs. Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. Drug actions and functions of drugs in the body systems. Routes of drugs administration (oral, parenteral, intrathecal, and other routes). Drugs for prophylaxis and control of bacterial, parasitic and viral infections. Chemotherapy for parasitic infections. Therapeutic drugs and their action on cells. Different lotions and their uses; toxicology and drug abuse. Nurses role in drug therapy. Patient safety issues through pharmacovigilance and reporting of adverse events. The National Drug Policy and Drug Revolving Fund (DRF). Problems of drug therapy and the contributions of traditional chemotherapeutic measures to health maintenance. Administration of controlled drugs and substances (DDA).

Indications, actions, dosage, routes of administration, side effects, contraindications, and nursing responsibilities for use of drugs of the listed body systems (gastrointestinal, renal, special senses, musculo skeletal, reproductive, skin, nervous, endocrine, cancers and many others). Antacids. Anthelmintics. Anticholinergics. Antibiotics. Analgesics. Anaesthetics. Antidepressants. Antidiabetics. Antithyroids. Antifungal. Anti infectives. Anticoagulants. Antihypertensives. Drugs acting on the various systems – Renal (diuretics and many others). Vasodilators. Mydriatics. Myotics. Drugs used in obstetrics and many others (List not exhaustive). 400 Level

Pattern of transmission of single gene trait. Hardy-Weinberg Law Conditions for its Validity, application. On concepts of continuous and discontinuous variation. Pharmacogenetics (drug metabolism, tissue metabolism and receptor alterations). Compartment models (one and two) kinetics after intravenous and oral dosing. Bioavailability, Drug distribution, Protein binding. Renal excretion of drugs. Urinary excretion data in Pharmacokinetic analysis.

Modern biochemical techniques in pharmacology; Principles of biochemical pharmacology; Detoxication of toxicants; Storage and excretion of toxic compounds; Parasitism and metabolic response to infections; immunization; drug and selective toxicity; Microbial drug resistance

Iodinated contrast media. High osmolality. Low osmolality. Radio pharmaceuticals. MRI contrast media. CT contrast media. Ultrasound contrast media. Allergy and contrast media reactions. Air or negative contrast media. Birium and positive contrast medium. Double contrast media.Origin and sources of Drugs; Routes of Administration of Drugs; Pharmacokinetics; Absorption of Drugs; Excretion of Drug; Drug Toxicity, Adverse drug Reactions; Drug Interactions; Cholinergic and adrenergic; Vomiting – Antiemetic; Constipation – purgatives; H2 receptor antagonists; Oxygen therapy, Bronchodilator Drugs; Asthma, Cough Suppressants; Respiratory Stimulants; Anticoagulants Heparin, Fibrinolysis; Vasodilator; Diuretics; renal failure; Immunity; Major Features of Malignant Disease; Principles of Cancer Chemotherapy; radio-activity; Nervous system Stimulants; Anticonvulsant Drugs.

General Principle of Pharmacology. Pharmacology for Central Nervous System disorders, skeletal muscles and cerebrovascular pharmacology and many others. Determination of dosage, application, essential chemical contents, their pharmacologic actions, rout and depth of penetration of topical drugs and required instrumentations shall be taught.

Pharmacokinetics, side effects and drug interactions of medications prescribed to clients who are commonly referred for occupational therapy services. Role of the occupational therapist in medication management as a health maintenance activity and in monitoring the impact of drug therapy on the therapeutic process and occupational performance of clients. History of pharmacology and its development; Introduction to pharmacokinetics, drug absorption and bioavailability. Drug metabolism and pharmaco-genetics. Effects of disease on drug kinetics. Drug in pregnancy and the extreme age. Pharmacodynamics: dose-response relationships, LD50, ED50 and TD50; Therapeutic index. Introduction of new drugs; Clinical trials. Adverse drug reactions and adverse reaction surveillance. Routes of drug administration. Basic principles of pharmacokinetics. Absorption, distribution and biotransformation of drugs. Drug reception interactions. Non-Steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAID). Muscle relaxants, sedatives and analgesic agents, Anti-hypertensive drugs, Bronchodilators and many others.

Basic concept and common phenomena: Debye shielding; dielectric constant; charge and current densities; conservation laws; dispersion relations in a magneto-plasma; Equations of continuity; diffusion; Equations of motion and transport of ionisation; adiabatic invariants; Collision; ionization and conductivity; Instabilities in plasma and waves in plasma; Ionosphere; the earth's ionosphere; Altitude distribution of charged particles; Collisions and conductivity; Plasma instabilities and generation of electron density irregularities such as sporadic E and spread F; Artificial modification of the ionosphere; The ionospheres of other planets; Magnetosphere: earth's radiation belts; Geomagnetic trapping of solar wind; Ionospheric and magnetic storms; Sun: reactions in the sun; Solar flux and emission of energetic particles

Scope of philosophy, notions, meanings, branches and problems of philosophy. Logic as an indispensable tool of philosophy. Elements of syllogism, symbolic logic-the first nine rules of inference. Informal fallacies, laws of thought, nature of arguments. Valid and invalid arguments, logic of form and logic of content-deduction, induction and inferences. Creative and critical thinking. Impact of philosophy on human existence. Philosophy and politics, philosophy and human conduct, philosophy and religion, philosophy and human values, philosophy and character molding.