SL12100: Fundamentals of pharmacy: health and disease
[Page last updated: 26 October 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Life Sciences |
| Credits: | 15 [equivalent to 30 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 300 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWVG 10%, EXCB 90% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Examination (EXCB 30%)
- Semester 2 examination (EXCB 60%)
- Problem-based learning task (CWVG 10% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Define health and illness and the physiological concept of homeostasis.
- Describe the normal structure and function of human cells at a molecular, cellular and tissue level.
- Demonstrate a foundation knowledge of the differences between bacterial, viral, and fungal cells as well as the principles of infection mechanisms.
- Explain the principles of the molecular basis of drug action within living systems at a molecular and cellular level (pharmacology).
- Employ the relevant pharmacological calculations to determine the potency of agonist and antagonist drug action.
- Describe the structure and function of the major organs and systems of the human body.
- Demonstrate knowledge of how the function of major organs and systems is integrated and regulated in normal healthy physiology.
- Demonstrate knowledge of how these functions can become dysregulated in disease.
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| Synopsis: | Advance your knowledge of the structure and function of human cells at a molecular, cellular and tissue level. Develop knowledge of the differences between bacterial, viral, fungal cells and principles of infection mechanisms. Explore the concepts of drug action within living systems. Advance your knowledge of how the function of major organs and systems is integrated and regulated in normal healthy physiology.
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| Content: | - Structure and function of the human cell
- Cellular respiration and metabolism
- Microbiology
- Introduction to pharmacology & receptor theory
- Enzymes as catalysts and drug targets
- Nucleosides, DNA replication, transcription, and translation
- Anatomy and function of the nervous system
- Structure and function of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle
- The anatomy and function of the cardiovascular system, liver, skin, kidney, and lungs
- The endocrine system
- Disease states associated with the major organs and systems
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| Course availability: |
SL12100 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department of Life Sciences
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2023/24.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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