Area: | School of Pharmacy |
Credits: | 37.5 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Seminar: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Model dependent and independent approaches in pharmacokinetics. Analysis of drugs in biological fluids. Drug dissolution and biolequivalence. Therapeutic drug monitoring. Clinical pharmacokinetics of a range of selected drugs. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have - Developed an understanding of the use of pharmacokinetics in clinical practice. Developed a knowledge of diseases and other factors which influence pharmacokinetics parameters, and calculation skills to enable compensation for some of these factors in dosage regiment design. Demonstrated a knowledge and understanding of the clinically relevant pharmacokinetics of selected drugs. Developed the ability to apply pharmacokinetic knowledge and skills to therapeutic drug monitoring. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Birkett D.J., (2002), Parmacokinetics Made Easy - Revised Edition, Sydney, McGraw-Hill. Evans W.E., Schentag J.J., Jusko W.J., (1993), Applied Pharmacokinetics - Principles of Drug Monitoring, 3rd ed., San Francisco, Applied Therapeutics Inc. Rowland M. and Tozer T.N., (2001), Clinical Pharmacokinetics - Concepts and Applications, Sydney, McGraw-Hill. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Seminar Presentations (2) 40%. Theory and Calculation Examination 60%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 60100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 3 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Categorised | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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