Available in 2024
Course code

HUBS2203

Units

10 units

Level

2000 level

Course handbook

Description

This course provides students with knowledge of the basic mechanisms underlying the action of drugs on the body systems and with specialist knowledge of applied pharmacology and the rational use of medicines.


Availability2024 Course Timetables

Online

  • Semester 1 - 2024
  • Semester 2 - 2024

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge and understand the basic concepts of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics

2. Demonstrate knowledge and understand the pharmacology and therapeutic use of drugs that act on the body systems

3. Demonstrate knowledge and understand the pharmacology and therapeutic use of chemotherapeutic and antimicrobial agents


Content

The course will cover three major areas:

1. Introduction to the basic concepts of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.

2. The pharmacology of drugs that act on the body systems (e.g. cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, autonomic and central nervous systems).

3. The pharmacology of chemotherapeutic and antimicrobial agents.


Requisite

Students enrolled in B Biomedical Science (10986) are NOT permitted to enrol in HUBS2203


Assumed knowledge

HUBS1401, or HUBS1403, HUBS1404, or HUBS1406 and HUBS1416, or equivalent is beneficial


Assessment items

In Term Test: Online Test (x4)

In Term Test: Mid Semester Exam
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.

Online Open Book Formal Examination: End of Semester Exam
Compulsory Requirement: Submit assessment item - Must submit this assessment to pass the course.


Contact hours

Semester 1 - 2024 - Online

Self-Directed Learning-1
  • Online 10 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1

Semester 2 - 2024 - Online

Self-Directed Learning-1
  • Online 10 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1

Course outline