📘Step 1. Curriculum Coverage
💊 Pharmacology
Tetracyclines
- Classify tetracyclines.
- Describe their antibacterial spectrum.
- Describe their pharmacokinetics, with special emphasis on absorption.
- Describe their mechanism of action.
- Describe the principal mechanism of resistance to tetracyclines.
- Describe their clinical uses.
- Describe their adverse effects.
- Describe Black Bone disease.
- Describe the teratogenic effects of tetracyclines.
- Describe drug interactions of tetracyclines.
- Describe adverse effects related to the use of outdated tetracycline products.
- Relate the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of tetracyclines to their clinical applications and uses.
Aminoglycosides
- Enlist aminoglycosides.
- Describe their antibacterial spectrum.
- Describe their pharmacokinetics, with special emphasis on route of administration, concentration-dependent killing and post-antibiotic effect.
- Describe their mechanism of action.
- Describe the principal mechanism of resistance to aminoglycosides.
- Describe their clinical uses.
- Describe their adverse effects.
- Describe their drug interactions.
- Relate their pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics to their clinical applications and uses.
Protein-Synthesis Inhibitors
- Classify bacterial protein-synthesis inhibitors.
