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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

312063 (v.1) Pharmacotherapy 622

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Area: School of Pharmacy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 3 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 312057 (v.1) Pharmacotherapy 621 or any previous version
AND
312058 (v.1) Pharmacotherapy 620 or any previous version
Syllabus: Diagnosis and management (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) of a range of common diseases and disorders: sleep disorders, headache, epilepsy, pain and Parkinson's disease. Anxiety, depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, mania and bipolar affective disorder. Acne, drug eruptions, psoriasis, skin infections, dermatitis. Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and gout. Malaria and other hazards of travelling. DVT & PE, strokes, anaemia and bleeding disorders. Pituitary and adrenal disorders, thyroid and parathyroid disorders. Specific aspects of HIV/AIDS Chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, genital warts, genital herpes, human papilloma virus. Female contraception and emergency contraception.
Field of Education: 060117 Internal Medicine
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Categorised
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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