本課程透過在各主要器官系統出現的常見疾病，介紹目前主治的藥物，讓同學達到以下目標：
1. 瞭解藥物進入人體的途徑和在體内的路程
2. 認知人體可能發生的異常狀況
3. 認識身體異常情況下可用的藥物種類
4. 列出各藥種當中的典型藥物例子(prototypical examples)並解説其機理

This course introduces the current main drugs through common diseases that occur in each major organ system, so that students can achieve the following goals:
1. Understand the way drugs enter the human body and their journey within the body
2. Understand possible abnormalities that may occur in the human body
3. Understand the types of drugs available in cases of physical abnormalities
4. List prototypical examples among various types of drugs and explain their mechanisms.

藥理學是研究藥物進入人體後透過何種機理治病或控制病情。
本基礎藥理學課程，針對人體各主要器官系統和常見疾病，介紹主要及常用的藥物，並解構藥物在細胞外内產生的有效反應。
因藥理學和生理學息息相關，本課程也會灌輸人體生理學的要點，以利學習藥物功效對人體各部位功能的影響。

Pharmacology is the study of the mechanism by which drugs treat or control diseases after entering the human body.
This basic pharmacology course introduces the main and commonly used drugs for each major organ system and common diseases of the human body, and deconstructs the effective reactions produced by drugs outside and inside cells.
Since pharmacology and physiology are closely related, this course will also instill the key points of human physiology to facilitate learning about the effects of drug effects on the functions of various parts of the human body.

課程及考試内容均以講義為主。以下書籍鼓勵借閲，並只作額外參考用。
教材：Core concepts in pharmacology, 3rd edition, 2011
作者：L.N. Holland Jr., M. P. Adams
出版商：Pearson Education Inc.

The course and examination contents are mainly based on lecture notes. The following books are encouraged to be borrowed and are for additional reference only.
Textbook: Core concepts in pharmacology, 3rd edition, 2011
Author: L.N. Holland Jr., M. P. Adams
Publisher: Pearson Education Inc.