Pharmacology

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Interrogation of the literature to identify bona fide sources and extraction of relevant information. Evaluate and analyse situations to develop effective solutions for different case scenarios.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Evaluate differences between therapeutic agents and their effectiveness in modulating biological processes to inform evidence-based treatment decisions for various conditions.

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Explain the mechanism of action of several classes of antibiotics to outline how pharmacology can be applied to treatment of bacterial infection
• Name important classes of cardiotropic and diuretic drugs and explain how they control cardiovascular function and are applied in the treatment of heart and circulatory disease.
• Describe the biological basis for the production of prostaglandins. Explain how distinct classes of non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) can be applied to mitigate fever, inflammation and pain.
• Collect primary data for analysis and discussion, using specialized knowledge to make evidence-based decisions in the treatment decisions.
• Outline the concepts that explain underpinnings of pain. Describe two major classes of analgesics and how their pharmacology is applied for the mitigation of pain.
• Outline the main methods by which drugs have been developed, designed and brought to market. Describe these outlined principles by utilizing some specific examples.
• Define how drugs interact at both the pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic levels
• Define the difference between analgesia and anaesthesia. Name the distinct classes of local and general anaesthic drugs. Outline the important chemical and pharmacological principles that define how local and general anaesthics are applied biomedically
• Outline important peptide and steroid hormone systems and how their selective manipulation by pharmacology are applied for clinical benefit including contraception and exemplar metabolic disorders.

Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Describe utilizing drug classes discussed across the course how drugs interact at both the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetic levels. Outline how these principles inform on the wiser use of drug combinations.

Formative

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

Class practicals

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Literature and data search

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Class Exercise

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Laboratory Assignment

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Class Exercise

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

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.