FARM5140 – Sports pharmacy and anti-doping
Course content
The course offers an introduction to the use of medicines for athletes and its relation to the anti-doping rules. It will focus on the role of pharmacists to avoid doping violations, as a result of either intended or inadvertent doping.?
Learning outcome
After completing the course you will:
- have knowledge about the role and responsibility of medical support personnel related to the administration of drugs to athletes and to the role of pharmacists in the prevention of doping.
- have knowledge about the anti-doping rules (World Anti-Doping Code, International standards, national rules) and national and international anti-doping work.
- have knowledge about WADAs prohibited list, therapeutic use exemption and the Norwegian drug search database, and how to use this knowledge to advice athletes in correct use of drugs.
- have knowledge about common diagnoses amongst athletes and treatment of these, included pain management, anti-inflammatory drugs, asthma treatment, hormonal treatment and the use of stimulating drugs including drugs of abuse.
- have knowledge about doping analysis, including procedures, methods and result management, and dosing of drugs considering the prohibited list and doping analysis.
- have knowledge about the use of dietary supplements, and the use of this knowledge to do risk assessments, and prevention of doping both in sport and the society.
Admission to the course
The course is mainly open to students who have been admitted to the 5-year Master`s Programme in Pharmacy at the Department?of Pharmacy, University of Oslo. In the event that space is available, other master`s level students may apply. Knowledge in relevant subject area corresponding to the content of Semester 1 through 7 at the Department’s Master`s Programme in Pharmacy is required. For more information, please contact the Study Administration at the Department of Pharmacy, studieinfo@farmasi.uio.no.
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Passed the exam in:
- FARM1100 – Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- FARM1110 – Pharmacology, Physiology and Cell Biology 1
- FARM1120 – Social Pharmacy
- FARM1130 – Pharmaceutically Based Organic Chemistry
- FARM1140 – Pharmacology, Physiology and Cell Biology 2
- FARM1150 – Pharmaceutical Based Biochemistry
- FARM2100 – Medicinal Chemistry
- FARM2110 – Pharmacotherapy 1
- FARM2120 – Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
- FARM2130 – Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry
- FARM2140 – Pharmaceutical Microbiology
- FARM2150 – Formulation of Drugs and Quality Assurance in Drug Production
- FARM3100 – Pharmacognosy
- FARM3110 – Pharmacotherapy 2
- FARM3120 – Medicine Use and Public Health
- FARM3130 – Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)
- the compulsory HMS-courses HMS0501 – Safety and Physical Environment, HMS0502 – Positive Learning Environment, HMS0503 – Laboratory Safety, HMS0506 – Patient Clinic Safety and HMS0507 – Fire Safety required for students at the 5-year Master`s Programme in Pharmacy.
Approved the compulsory parts of:
- FARM4100 – Personalised Drug Therapy
- FARM4110 – Comprehensive Biopharmacy and Formulation Technology
- FARM4120 – Drug Development
Formal prerequisite knowledge for students admitted to Studiel?p for farmas?yter med mastergrad fra land utenfor EU/E?S:
- FARM4910K – Farmakoterapi og samfunnsfarmasi med fokus p? norske terapitradisjoner og norske forhold
- FARM4920K – Fra virkestoff til ferdig formulering med fokus p? avanserte legemiddelformer
- FARM4930K – Kvalitetssikring ved produksjon og klinisk utpr?vning av legemidler
- approved the compulsory HMS-courses HMS0501 – Safety and Physical Environment, HMS0502 – Positive Learning Environment, HMS0503 – Laboratory Safety, HMS0506 – Patient Clinic Safety and HMS0507 – Fire Safety required for students at the 5-year Master`s Programme in Pharmacy.
Teaching
The program consist of 17 lectures, 13 student-active teaching lessons (case discussions, quizzes) and participation as an observer on a simulated doping control.
Read about what applies in the event of absence from compulsory activities.
Compulsory participation in the course must be completed and compulsory submissions must be approved to pass the exam.
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.
Compulsory participation and approved assignments are valid for 3 years.
The course may be cancelled if the enrolled number of students are low.
Examination
Final oral exam with preparation time. The oral exam counts 100?% towards the finale grade.?
Examination support material
During the preparation students may use any aids they require.?
Language of examination
The examination text is given in Norwegian. You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish or Danish. English on request.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F?is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
This course offers both postponed and resit of examination. Read more:
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- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
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