EFT626 - OCULAR DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS II
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCULAR DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS II | EFT626 | Any Semester/Year | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Preparing and/or Presenting Reports | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Prof. Dr. Sibel Pehlivan, Asst. Prof. Eren Aytekin | |||||
| Course objective | To evaluate ocular drug delivery from a biopharmaceutical aspect. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | A summary of content for this course is as follows: factors affecting the release and permeation of drugs through the ocular membranes after the administration of different ocular dosage forms; influence of site of administration, patients status and characteristics of diseases, preparation method of the delivery system, way of administration, dose applied and frequency of dose are the examples of these above factors. | |||||
| References | 1. Newel, F.W., Ophthalmology principles and concepts. 6th Edition, St. Lours, Toronto, Princeton: The C.V. Mosby Company, 582, 1986. 2. Reddy, I.K., Ganesan, M.G., Ocular therapeutics and drug delivery: an overview. ?Ocular Therapeutics and Drug Delivery. (Ed.I.K. Reddy), Technomic Publishing Co. Inc., Lancaster-Basel, s. 3-23, 1996. 3. Maurice, D.M., Mishima, S., Ocular pharmacokinetics. ?Ocular Pharmacokinetics in Pharmacology of the Eye (Ed. M.L. Sears), Spinger-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York Tokyo, s.19-116, 1984. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Definitions |
| Week 2 | Anatomy and physiology of eye |
| Week 3 | Ophthalmic microparticulate systems |
| Week 4 | Ophthalmic microparticles and nanoparticles |
| Week 5 | Semi solid dosage forms administered to eyes |
| Week 6 | Solid dosage forms which are applied to eyes |
| Week 7 | Ocular inserts, lenses and tablets |
| Week 8 | Ocular pumps |
| Week 9 | Ocular implants |
| Week 10 | Dry eye syndrome and artificial tear formulation |
| Week 11 | Methods used for increasing ocular drug permeation through the ocular membrane |
| Week 12 | Midterm assignment and presentation |
| Week 13 | The methods which are used for increase the ocular drug permeation through the ocular membrane |
| Week 14 | Discussion |
| Week 15 | Preparation for the final exam |
| Week 16 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 1 | 50 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 0 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 1 | 52 | 52 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 60 | 60 |
| Total Workload | 30 | 119 | 210 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest