ABOUT THE COURSE
Autacoids are often called as local hormones since they are released locally from cells in response to a variety of stimuli. Being ubiquitous in distribution, they have a role in many physiological and pathological processes. Various substances are included in the list of autacoids such as, histamine, serotonin, eicosanoids, catecholamines, prostaglandins, platelet activating factor and many polypeptides.
In the course, we will study about histamines, its actions through different types of receptors, and how they can be of therapeutic use like in common cold, shock, anaphylaxis, allergies etc. Smilarly, serotonins, NSAIDs, drugs used in Rheumatoid arthritis, and Gout are discussed in detail.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Medical students – Allopathy, Dental.
Alternative Medicine students – Homeopathy, Ayurveda.
Para/Allied medical students – Nursing, Physiotherapy, BSc Pharmacology.
Post graduate students – General medicine, Family medicine, MD/MSc/PhD Pharmacology.
COURSE DELIVERY FORMAT
This course is delivered entirely online. It consists of a series of comprehensive lectures by a professor in the subject, appropriately annotated with slides, animations and wherever necessary, interactive content. The delivery offers tremendous flexibility. You may pause a teacher while you refer to your textbooks (not includes) and to take notes. You may also rewind a segment to listen to the teacher again or you may skip a slide or two if you already know that bit. You may bookmark a segment that you wish to return to later, maybe to refresh just before your exams. While the lessons in this course may be arranged in a particular order based on our curriculum, you have the flexibility to take them in order of your preference based on your personalized learning needs.
BENEFITS
While this course is to help you learn the subject from an online faculty, it may help you in several ways even if you are already enrolled in some medical, dental or paramedical school. Many of our students felt that the format in which this course is delivered has helped them to cope up against the fast-paced lectures in actual class – it’s like having a TV remote in class to self-pace your teacher. Animations help understand concepts better by making concepts easy to understand… and difficult to forget.
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PDVVPF MC, Ahmednagar