Advanced Pharmacology

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Develop an understanding of the use of animals in pharmacology and drug development, including ethical considerations.
• Show a systematic knowledge, understanding and critical awareness of a range of current topics in pharmacology.
• Show a comprehensive understanding of techniques relevant to pharmacology and drug discovery.
• Critically evaluate the data and methodology of current published research in pharmacology.
• Develop an understanding of enterprise and drug development in the context of realising wider societal benefits.

There will be ten summative work packages, covering

Structure and function of drug/ target interactions

Biotechnology in pharmacology and drug discovery

Drug development

In vivo Pharmacology

Neuropharmacology

Current cancer treatments

Pharmacology and the immune system

Medical microbiology and antibiotic resistance

Teaching and learning methods

The module will consist of ten work packages, each led by a research scientist. Within each work package the students will be provided with detailed information about an area of research and the techniques involved in an interactive seminar format, as well as relevant literature. Where possible the students will be given the opportunity to observe experimentation. In a workshop format, students will be guided through the relevant processes of data analysis.

Each work package will be followed by an assessment suitable to the material covered within the workshop. The assessments will task the students to formulate hypotheses, undertake appropriate analysis of sample data and to prepare a report putting the information into context. They will build on and use aspects of the workshop to develop skills required to extract and critically evaluate data, and to discuss the approaches and findings with advanced precision. Primary papers, reviews and wider policy documents will be used to develop advanced understanding. There will be one assessment for each work package (100% of module mark), each workshop is equally weighted.

The course will thus develop the student’s ability to understand pharmacology and drug discovery methodologies and synthesise material at an advanced level, consistent with a student studying at level 7. It will further develop an awareness for enterprise and commercialisation.

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.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal