Course Title: Pharmacology of Therapeutic Agents 2

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Pharmacology of Therapeutic Agents 2

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

ONPS2494

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

160H Medical Sciences

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2015,
Sem 2 2016

ONPS2494

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2017,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023

Course Coordinator: Prof Emilio Badoer

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 7081

Course Coordinator Email: emilio.badoer@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 220.04.022


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required prior study (Pre-requisites)


Course Description

This course examines the pharmacology of therapeutic agents relevant to chemotherapeutics, inflammation and infection and neurological and affective disorders. You will consider the human immune and inflammatory response as well as the neurological systems in both health and disease to underpin an understanding of the pharmacotherapy of common disorders. The course focuses on understanding the rationale for drug therapy as well as describing the range of therapeutic strategies. It explores factors that affect drug disposition and adverse events in the therapeutic areas. 


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for Pharmaceutical Sciences (BP311):

  • Exhibiting depth and breadth of scientific knowledge (PLO 1).
  • Critically analyse and solve scientific problems (PLO 2)
  • Communication and teamwork (PLO 3)

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for BH102 Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours):

  • Apply pharmaceutical, medication and health knowledge and skills to improve patient and population health (PLO 7)


Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:

  1. Differentiate therapeutic indications for antimicrobial agents, anticancer agents, and for drugs used in neuropharmacology and to treat pain & inflammation.
  2. Explain the mechanisms of action of the above drug classes.
  3. Evaluate expected adverse events for commonly used drugs in the above therapeutic areas, their mechanisms and resolution.


Overview of Learning Activities

This course is fully online. The course includes online lectures and interactive learning workshop sessions to provide students with a working knowledge of therapeutic pharmacology. Students are encouraged to develop their critical thinking and analysis skills.

You will undertake the equivalent of an average of 5 hours per week for one semester, comprising lecture and workshop sessions, along with online activities. In addition, you can expect to spend a minimum of 5 hours per week in independent study.


Overview of Learning Resources

Learning resources in this course include lecture notes, videos, workshop exercises and handouts, and references on selected topics. The online course webpage accessed via myRMIT (www.rmit.edu.au/myrmit), provides opportunities for you to independently access much of this material. You are expected to regularly access the course website, which contains announcements, course information such as detailed timetables and prescribed reading, course documents and the grade book. The Pharmaceutical Sciences Subject Guide (https://rmit.libguides.com/pharmacy) also provides useful references.


Overview of Assessment

This course has no hurdle requirements.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Written essay

Weighting 20%

This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2 & 3

Assessment Task 2: Online quizzes

Weighting 10%

This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2 & 3

Assessment Task 3: In-semester written assessments

Weighting 50%

This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2 & 3

Assessment Task 4: Online written test

Weighting 20%

This assessment task supports CLOs 1 & 3