BDS / 2nd Year / Core subject

General & Dental Pharmacology

Medicine devices, prescription checks and adverse-reaction reporting. Start with a reference view or clinical station, then explain the principles and test your viva answers.

Initial collection · 4 lessons. Teaching references support supervised revision; follow your university’s complete practical list.

Instrument study

Metered-dose inhaler

Recognise a metered-dose inhaler and explain device-dependent delivery and counselling.

4 viva questions · Explore lesson →

Clinical skills / OSCEPrescription reviewObserve · reason · explain

Clinical / interpretation station

Prescription review

Review a prescription for completeness, rationality and patient-specific risks.

4 viva questions · Explore lesson →

Clinical skills / OSCEDose and unit checkingObserve · reason · explain

Clinical / interpretation station

Dose and unit checking

Check a teaching calculation using units and an independently verified prescription.

4 viva questions · Explore lesson →

Clinical skills / OSCEAdverse reaction reportingObserve · reason · explain

Clinical / interpretation station

Adverse reaction reporting

Describe and document a suspected medicine-related adverse event.

4 viva questions · Explore lesson →