Unit details

IMED2002 Blood and Drugs

Credit

6 points

Offering
(see Timetable)

Availability	Location	Mode
Semester 1	UWA (Perth)	Face to face

Details for undergraduate courses

• Level 2 core unit in the Integrated Medical Sciences and Clinical Practice; Integrated Dental Sciences; Podiatric Health and Medical Sciences major sequences

Content

In this unit students will gain an understanding of the fundamentals of two key disciplines of the biomedical sciences, Haematology (the study of blood and blood pathologies) and Pharmacology (the study of drugs and how they interact with our bodies), and an insight into how in some instances these disciplines may crossover (e.g. pharmacologic treatment of blood disorders).

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) define basic pharmacodynamics, drug-receptor interactions and molecular mechanisms of drug action; (2) understand the mechanisms of pharmacokinetics, drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion; (3) discuss the pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system; (4) understand pharmacokinetics in antimicrobial therapy; (5) describe adverse drug reactions; (6) understand the process of toxicology; (7) describe pharmacogenomics; (8) discuss blood and common blood pathologies, including haematopoiesis and related disorders; (9) define plasma lipoproteins, HDL and cholesterol; (10) understand red blood cell structure and function, including blood group typing; (11) describe leucocyte structure and function; (12) describe haemostasis; (13) describe the generation and effects of thrombi, embolism and infarction; (14) describe and discuss anticoagulant, antiplatelet and thrombolytic drugs; (15) define full blood count; (16) describe common tissue pathology and cytology; (17) understand the importance of health care professional interaction with the Pharmaceutical industry; and (18) gain an understanding of randomised and control drug trials.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) final examination; (2) in-semester tests; and (3) practical and tutorial session assessment. Further information is available in the unit outline.

For units commencing in May 2022 or later the availability of the supplementary assessment is subject to confirmation.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Except where supplementary assessment is not available in a unit, it will be offered to students in all units who:

• Are in good academic standing overall;
• Have passed over half the units taken in the teaching period concerned, except where they are only enrolled in two or less units in the period;
• Have submitted all assessment items in the unit;
• Have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit; and
• No finding of academic misconduct has been made against them in the unit concerned.

Additionally student may apply for supplementary assessment in any unit which is the final unit required for graduation in there course and where they have achieved a mark between 45 and 49 for the unit overall, or the same mark in any failed component item in the unit.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Ricky Chen

Unit rules

Prerequisites:

IMED1003 Cell Survival and Communication and IMED1004 Understanding Health and Disease in People and Populations

Co-requisites:

IMED2001 Body Defences

Incompatibility:

Nil

Approved quota: 400—a place in the unit is determined on a first-come, first-served basis. Selection is based on time of enrolment with first places given to students enrolled in this major as a degree-specific and second to students enrolled as a second major. Any remaining places are given to those students according to when they enrol until all places are filled.

Contact hours

lectures: 3 hours per week; tutorials: 6 hours per semester; practical sessions: 20 hours per semester