Advanced Pharmacology for Podiatrists

Course aim

To provide students with the knowledge base and learning skills to contribute to the podiatry profession in matters of drugs and therapeutics

Course content

Applied pharmacokinetics; pharmacokinetic variation in disease and different age groups; pharmacokinetic drug interactions; therapeutic drug monitoring; Australia’s National Medicines Policy and the National Strategy for the Quality Use of Medicines. Pathophysiology, therapeutic management and practice issues in the management of infective diseases, clinical pharmacotherapeutics of antiinfective agents. Pathophysiology, therapeutic management and practice issues in the management of various disease states; cardiovascular diseases (including hypertension; heart failure; angina; clotting; coronary artery disease); respiratory diseases (including asthma and URTI); rheumatic diseases; endocrine (including diabetes, adrenal disease and thyroid disease), psychology, neurology (including epilepsy, parkinson’s disease, ADHD, multiple sclerosis, dementia); pain (including anaesthesia); reproductive systems (including contraception, hormone replacement therapy, menopause).The syllabus includes discussions on the use of complementary medicines and non-prescription products in the management of these disease states. Critical literature review and drug information.

Textbook(s)

Therapeutic Guidelines:, Antibiotics, Current edition, North Melbourne

AMH, Australian Medicines Handbook, Current edition, Australian Medicines Handbook Pty Ltd., Adelaide

Birkett, D J 2010, Pharmacokinetics Made Easy, 2nd Ed (Pocket Guide), McGraw-Hill Company., Sydney

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, DISTANCE EDUCATION
External (Online)	13 weeks x -

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Written examination, Written report (major), Written report (minor)

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.250
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.