This course will provide students with the foundational knowledge to understand clinical pharmacology and the processes involved in translating drug discovery and development to clinical therapeutics, and evaluating and optimizing patient care. The lecture and tutorial based course has five modules:
• Pharmacokinetics: drug liberation, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion
• Pharmacodynamics
• Assessment of Drug Effects
• Optimizing and Evaluating Patient Therapy
• Drug Discovery and Development
Note that course enrollment will be for semester 2, but the lectures and tutorials run from September to April. This is required so that students can actively participate in the live electronic lectures and discussions web-cast from the NIH Clinical Center.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Students will be expected to:
- understand the principles of pharmacokinetics and be able to apply these to clinical situations
- have foundational knowledge of pharmacodynamics
- have a theoretical understanding of how to conduct clinical trials
- understand the process of translation from drug discovery to clinical therapeutics
- understand the relevant guidelines, policies and governance relating to clinical pharmacology
Indicative Assessment
Tutorial tests 20%
Assignments 40%
Exam 40%
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Workload
The workload is 5-6 contact hours per week (2-3 hours of lectures with each lecture followed by a one hour tutorial). Students will be expected to spend an equivalent period in self-directed study.
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the John Curtin School of Medical Research to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Prescribed Texts
Principles of Clinical Pharmacology, Second Edition (2007) edited by Arthur J. Atkinson, Jr., et al. Academic Press/Elsevier.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $3096 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4146 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
