Medicinal Chemistry 2

The students attending the whole course have the opportunity, subject to checking their presence to the lessons, to take "two written midterm exams" (about 2.5 h each). These exams, which are scheduled each academic year on February and July, focus on the first and second semester program, respectively. They consist of open-ended questions (usually three for each exam), including, for a given drug, a comment on its structure (that the students will find in the text or should draw) with the main structure-activity relationships. Then, a discussion on the mechanism of action, the therapeutic class and side effects, the physicochemical properties and the synthetic approaches. The overall evaluation takes into account the student's ability to organize answers to all questions, the quality and clarity of presentation and the language used. To pass the exam, the student should reach a sufficient evaluation in each of the two tests: the final mark is expressed out of thirty (from 18/30 to 30/30 cum laude), and is the grade point average of the two marks. No oral exams are planned for this exam modality.
As in the case of standard exam sessions, mark registration of the exam is subject to passing exams of both Medicinal and toxicological chemistry I and Organic chemistry II.
The "standard exam sessions" consist of a written exam (about 2.5 h) on the entire program, with three open-ended questions as specified above. To pass the written exam, at least due out of three of the student's answers must be sufficient. Students with a positive evaluation will take the oral part of the exam, during which, in addition to the discussion on the answers given in their written exam, they will answer to two/three further questions on other topics of the program. The final mark is expressed out of thirty (see above), and the evaluation of the written exam has a determinant role. The results on the written exam evaluation are communicated to the students within two weeks, concurrently with the oral exam. The students failing written exams must sign up for the next exam session. Written exams may be taken in consecutive sessions without any restrictions. Exam sessions, at least six per year, are in accordance with the indications from the Faculty of Pharmacy.

The students attending the whole course have the opportunity, subject to checking their presence to the lessons, to take "two written midterm exams" (about 1-1.5 h each). These exams, which are scheduled each academic year on February and July, focus on the first and second semester program, respectively. They consist of thirty multiple-choice questions end/or questions requiring short answers of predermined length, comments on structures (that the students will find in the text or should draw), SARs, mechanisms of action, therapeutic indications, side effects, physicochemical properties and synthetic approaches. To pass the exam, the student should reach a sufficient evaluation in each of the two tests: the final mark is expressed out of thirty (from 18/30 to 30/30 cum laude), and is the grade point average of the two marks. No oral exams are planned for this exam modality.
As in the case of standard exam sessions, mark registration of the exam is subject to passing exams of both Medicinal and toxicological chemistry 1 and Organic chemistry 2.
The "standard exam sessions" consist of a written exam (about 1.5 h) on the entire program, with thirty questions as for the midterm exams. To pass the written exam, at least eighteen exact answers are necessary. No oral exams are planned. The result on the written exam evaluation is communicated to the students within one week. The students can refuse the mark. The students failing written exams must sign up for the next exam session. Written exams may be taken in consecutive sessions without any restrictions. Exam sessions, at least seven per year, are in accordance with the indications from the Faculty of Pharmacy.