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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

312169 (v.1) Pharmacotherapeutics 524

Area: School of Pharmacy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Individual Study: 1 x 9 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 307485 (v.1) Pharmacology 521
OR
312195 (v.1) Pharmacology 522
Syllabus: The syllabus will consider the pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of a range of acute and chronic conditions. This will include a consideration of the patho-physiology of these conditions, methods of diagnosis, management and outcomes and the factors which determine pharmacotherapeutic considerations individual drug usage in these conditions, such as age, co-morbidities, concurrent drug usage, and others. The therapeutics of a range of infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, thyroid disease, gastrointestinal disorders, respiratory diseases, arthritis, mental health, renal disease, paediatric as well as geriatric therapeutics and pain management will be covered. Each set of lectures will be illustrated with appropriate case studies. Case studies appropriate for each specialisation will be chosen as well as case studies illustrating therapeutic problems of general interest to all nurse practitioners. Students are also to submit one case study illustrative of the therapeutic problems specific for their area of specialisation.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 060117 Internal Medicine
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2       Y  

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External