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Area/Catalogue
BIOL 2058

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Course Level
Undergraduate

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Offered Externally
Yes

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

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Course ID
106009

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

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Timetable/s
First Semester
(Study Period 2)
Course owner

Course owner
UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

Course aim

To develop students' knowledge of pathophysiological and pharmacological concepts that may be applied to the understanding of disease states and their management in clinical practice.

Course content

Tissue injury and disease; cellular adaptations to injury in acute and chronic conditions; mechanisms of inflammation, tissue healing and pain; basic principles of pharmacology; pharmacokinetics; pharmacodynamics; pharmacological approaches to pain and inflammation; adverse effects; drug interactions; drug misuse; abuse and poisoning; the peripheral nervous system pharmacology; issues in quality use of medicines including individual and life stage factors influencing drug responses, client compliance, drug development, clinical principles of neoplasia and treatment; and public health; age related pathophysiology patterns.  Contemporary health issues (public health, notifiable diseases, obesity and diabetes and stress)

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number Course Name
BIOL 1047 Human Body 1
BIOL 1048 Human Body 2

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Lecture 3 hours x 9 weeks
Tutorial 2 hours x 9 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE
Lecture (online) 3 hours x 9 weeks
Tutorial (online) 2 hours x 9 weeks
EXTERNAL, WHYALLA, ONLINE
Lecture (online) 3 hours x 9 weeks
Tutorial (online) 2 hours x 9 weeks
EXTERNAL, MT GAMBIER, ONLINE
Lecture (online) 3 hours x 9 weeks
Tutorial (online) 2 hours x 9 weeks

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


Assessment

Examination, Problem solving exercise, Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
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Not all courses are available on all of the above bases, and students must check to ensure that they are permitted to enrol in a particular course.

* 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.

Course Coordinators

UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences
UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences
UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences
UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences

Degrees this course is offered in

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