PBH2006 · Treatment and technologies

Overview

This unit explores the options for treatment and management of established health conditions at the individual level. It provides an introduction to pharmacology and an overview of other interventions commonly employed to manage illness and improve health. A case study approach will be used which looks at treatment options for key diseases (e.g. cancer).

Areas of study: Health science Public health

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. • Describe the processes by which drugs act on, and are handled by, the human body.
2. Explain the role of drugs in prevention and treatment of specific diseases.
3. Explain the role of other therapeutic (non-drug) interventions in prevention and treatment of specific diseases.
4. Describe how drugs and other treatments are developed, evaluated and regulated.
5. Apply the biopsychosocial approach to the treatment and prevention of disease
6. Discuss the relationship between drug therapy and public health in local and global contexts.

Workload

3 hour seminar plus 9 hours private study per week.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.