Undergraduate Course: Drugs, Receptors and Therapeutics (PHBM10036)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Pharmacology (Biomedical Sciences) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | An understanding of the molecular pharmacology of receptors in relation to the action of drugs underpins many aspects of the courses within Honours Pharmacology Programmes. A series of lectures will be given to provide an overview of topics, including: action of drugs at receptors, structure-function relationships for the different classes of receptor, the signalling processes following receptor activation and receptor cloning and expression. The course will also provide a coherent perspective of how drugs are developed from a molecular target through preclinical development to clinical trials. It will consider how academic pharmacology can interact with drug development or can be focussed on discovery of molecular mechanisms independent of immediate therapeutic potentials. The economic drivers and processes (project proposal, grant funding and hypothesis formulation) in the industrial and academic domains will be considered. There will be opportunity to meet with Programme tutors in small groups. The purpose of the tutorials is to provide student access to a member of staff and to cover general aspects related to Pharmacology. Students will be encouraged to submit essays to tutors in order to practice and obtain feedback on their writing skills. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of;
- the major classes of receptors and their potential for therapeutic targeting
- the principles of ligand-receptor interactions together with an ability to understand simple kinetic schemes describing receptor activation
- downstream mechanisms of intracellular signalling
- the drug discovery process and the stages involved from target identification to commercial release of a new therapeutic
Demonstrate an ability to:
-discuss and critically evaluate the different experimental and quantitative methodologies that have expanded our knowledge of pharmacology and pharmacological action of drugs,
- interpret and evaluate information in original articles and figures,
- draw together information from different approaches to identify the underlying mechanisms that might contribute the development of new therapeutics to treat disease
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Assessment Information
30% In-Course Assessment
70% Written Exam |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Pharmacology, drugs, receptors, receptor theory, cloning, structure activity relationships, signalli |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Anthony Evans
Tel: (0131 6)51 1501
Email: mark.evans@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Neale Summers
Tel: (0131 6)51 3094
Email: n.summers@ed.ac.uk |
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