IMED5006 (v.1) Antimicrobial Therapeutics
| Area: | School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 6.0 |
| 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. |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Online Class: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 11 x 3 Hours Semester |
| Prerequisite(s): |
IMED5009 (v.1)
Pharmaceutical Biology
or any previous version
AND IMED5007 (v.1) Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Medicinal Chemistry or any previous version |
| 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. |
| Syllabus: | In this unit, students explore principles of treatment of infectious diseases clinical diagnosis; bacteriological diagnosis; place of antimicrobial chemotherapy in medicine; considerations relevant to effective antibiotic use; reasons for treatment failure; principles of selective toxicity. Core unit concepts include classification of antibiotics; the mechanism of action, spectrum, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion, and adverse events of the major classes of antimicrobial agents. The unit introduces students to the scope of antimicrobial chemotherapy and considers antibiotic treatment of specific conditions including skin infections, urinary tract infections, respiratory infections, sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis and travel health, mechanisms for the development of antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial combination therapy and antibiotic policies. |
| Field of Education: | 060501 Pharmacy |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y |
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
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