Learning outcomes

GENERAL OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE CONSIST IN PROVIDING THE STUDENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ON:
• THE MOST USED DRUGS IN SPORTS;
• THE MECHANISMS THROUGH WHICH SOME MEDICINES MAY INTERFERE WITH SPORT PERFORMANCE, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE APPEARANCE OF ADVERSE EVENTS;
• HOW SPORT AND MOTOR ACTIVITY CAN CHANGE THE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSE TO DRUGS.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL:
• TO ACQUIRE A KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL SKILLS ABOUT DRUG THERAPY AS A TOOL, AND ITS ROLE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ISSUES;
• TO KNOW THE MAJOR DRUGS MOST USED IN SPORT: RATIONALE, THERAPEUTIC CLASSES, EFFICACY, TOLERABILITY, INTERACTIONS, MECHANISM OF ACTION, MAJOR ADVERSE REACTIONS AND METHODS OF USE IN SPORTS ACTIVITY FOR: FANS, RESPIRATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR DRUGS, PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS, FOOD AND VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS, ANTI-INFECTIVES.
• TO KNOW THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF DRUG SELF-PRESCRIPTION AND THE PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN DRUGS;
• TO KNOW DRUGS FOR WHICH THERE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT THEIR ACTION IS MODIFIED FROM PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;
• TO DEVELOP AN OPINION, BASED ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE, ON THE ROLE OF FOOD SUPPLEMENTS SPORTS ACTIVITY.

Program

THE COURSE WILL CONSIST OF LECTURES IN CLASSROOM. A BRIEF REVIEW OF FUNDAMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY GENERAL WILL BE PROPOSED IN THE EARLY LESSONS. THEN THE PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON THE TOPICS LISTED IN THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE. DEALING WITH CASES WILL BE THE SUBJECT OF GROUP EXERCISES AND TUTORIALS IN PLENARY OR A SMALL GROUP WORK. IN THE LATTER CASE, THE STUDENTS WILL BE DIVIDED INTO GROUPS OF 6-8 PERSONS AND WILL DISCUSS ON A 'DRUG CASE', INVOLVING THE ADMINISTRATION OF MORE DRUGS / FOOD / DOPING SUBSTANCES IN REAL SITUATION OF COMPLEX (SIMULATION OF REAL CASES), PROVIDING AN EXPLANATION OF THE SAME. THE CASE SOLUTION WILL BE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED DURING PLENARY, AND THE EXPLANATION NEEDED FOR THE RESOLUTION OF THE CASE WILL BE GIVEN.

Examination Methods

Written test with multiple choice questions. The exam is based on specific topics held during the lectures and group work.
The examination aims to verify that the student has learned the concepts related to the topics of the course, with particular reference to the main drugs to variations that training induces ON the pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties of drugs, AND to issues related to drugS in the sport (self prescription, abuse, misusE, doping, etc.).
The student must also demonstrate that have acquired a resolution logic capacity to problems inherent in the use of drugs, performance-enhancing drugs and supplements in the context of sport. It will also be assessed the knowledge of General Pharmacology and a general culture of Special pharmacology, as learned in the three-year degree .