Principles of Pharmacology

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Describe the ways in which selective drugs interact with the distinct classes of receptors mediating the action of the neurotransmitters histamine and 5-hydroxytryptamine
• Explain how drugs enter the body/tissues and some of the mechanisms responsible for their subsequent removal.
• Give examples of drugs that act on the neuromuscular junction and describe their mode of action.
• Describe the basic mechanism of drug receptor interactions and the quantitative analysis of these interactions. This will include applying the law of mass action and drug receptor interactions and its use to obtain quantitative estimates of agonist and antagonists binding
• Describe the mechanisms of action of drugs with distinct mode of actions that modify autonomic nervous system.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Extract primary data for description and discussion in the style of a scientific publication. Utilising observations made by drugs with distinct modes of action.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Outline key principles pharmacogenomics to explain how the genome impacts the way in which drugs interact with biological systems

Pharmcodynamics

Pharmacokinetics

Receptor structure function

Pharmacology interactions in key body systems.

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures, lab based practicals, class and paper based calculations and scientific report writing.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.