Overview
This topic addresses the key principles of pharmacology, with a focus on their application to inform the effects, dosing, variability, evaluation and monitoring of medicines. Opportunities exist to apply these principles to the use of drugs within a specialised area of practice.
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Aims
This topic aims to assist students to develop a broad conceptual understanding of pharmacology and therapeutics by building a foundation of knowledge of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics. This knowledge will then underpin critical analysis of the impact of life stages and disease states on drug therapy and will be complemented by an understanding of drug safety issues.
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Assumed knowledge
Although knowledge of anatomy and physiology, biochemistry and basic chemistry is assumed, relevant background update material in the form of brief notes and text book readings is incorporated into each module. This material provides an indication of the level of knowledge required for each module and allows the opportunity to refresh aspects of prior learning.