PHA3011 Principles of drug action

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Discuss mechanisms by which drugs can act to produce changes in living systems;

2. 2

   Utilise the basic principles of pharmacokinetics to explain individual differences in responses to drugs;

3. 3

   Apply knowledge of endogenous mediator systems to predict the potential therapeutic and adverse effects of drugs;

4. 4

   Access relevant scientific literature to design a set of experiments to address a specific hypothesis relating to a drug's mechanism of action;

5. 5

   Demonstrate the ability to execute pharmacological experiments to obtain, present and interpret data relating to mechanisms of drug action;

6. 6

   Demonstrate the ability to source, critically evaluate and use scientific literature to address a defined pharmacological problem;

7. 7

   Demonstrate the ability to work individually and collaboratively.