MMED3934 Principles of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Professor Andrew Rowland

2021

4.5

1 x 120-minute lecture weekly
1 x 6-hour independent study weekly
2 x 1-hour on-line exercises weekly
1 x 40-minute on-line lecture weekly

1 MMED2931 - Human Physiology
2 ^ MMED2931 - Human Physiology
3 Admission into BCLSMD-Bachelor of Clinical Sciences/Doctor of Medicine
Must Satisfy: ((1) or (2 and 3))

MMED3914 has been successfully completed

Assignments; Examination (50%) On-line exercises

This topic addresses the principles of pharmacology and toxicology. It is divided into four modules that provide a theoretical and conceptional framework that underpins the study of drugs and chemicals in humans; (i) how drugs and toxic chemicals are handled by the body (pharmaco/toxicokinetics), (ii) what they do to the body (pharmaco/toxicodynamics), (iii) how they cause adverse effects, and (iv) the processes of drug discovery, development, regulation, and risk assessment.

This topic aims to provide students with an understanding of the theoretical and conceptional framework that underpins the use of drugs and the toxicity of xenobiotics.

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:

Demonstrate understanding of pharmacokinetic and toxicokinetic principles, including the processes of absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion

Demonstrate understanding of pharmacodynamic and toxicodynamic principles, including molecular targets, chemical-target interactions, and concentration-response relationships

Demonstrate understanding of how drugs and chemicals cause adverse effects

Awareness of the processes of drug discovery, development, regulation and risk assessment

Key dates and timetable

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