307485 (v.1) Pharmacology 521


Area:

School of Pharmacy

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Statutes guiding scheduled poisons: possession, management, supply and prescription. Documentation. Quality use of medicines. Pharmacological principles and application to therapeutics. Drug action, toxicity, interaction and storage. Half-life, drug concentration and effect. Drug action on respiratory, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, renal, central nervous, endocrine and musculoskeletal systems. Antimicrobial agents, drugs for pain, allergy, dermatological diseases and mental illness.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

60500 Pharmacy (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1   Y  
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y 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