LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The course is inserted within the specific objectives of the study program aimed at training a professional figure able, among other characteristics, to: i) develop, formulate and implement the diets prescribed by the medical doctor, ii) collaborate with others figures in the multidisciplinary treatment of eating behavior disorders; iii) study and elaborate the composition of food rations aimed at satisfying the nutritional needs of population groups and plan the organization of the feeding services of healthy and sick communities;
In short, therefore, the course of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Botany aims to allow the student to develop knowledge on: i) the pharmacological basis of therapy; ii) the main classes of drugs and plant species with particular attention to those that have effects on dietary behavior and metabolism; iii) drugs and plant species of greater use with particular attention to the potential interactions between them and with the nutrients.

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the course the student, as far as he is competent, will be able to: i) know the pharmacological basis of the therapy; ii) know the active ingredients and their biological properties contained in those plant species mainly used in the dietetic, pharmaceutical and voluptuary fields, iii) know the main drugs used in eating disorders, metabolism and gastrointestinal tract iv) know the main interactions between drugs, supplements and nutrients.
The course will help to provide the student with tools that will enable him to improve his skills in relating to other professional figures (doctors, nurses, psychologists) who, in an increasingly multidisciplinary approach, will be called to take care of the patient.
Finally, the student will be induced to ameliorate his/her skills for an independent study and will acquire the functional methodological tools for an autonomous update.