PP3251 - Systemic Pathophysiology and Therapeutics
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences |
The pathophysiology of the human organ systems and the rationales behind therapeutic intervention. The organ systems studied include the cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, genitourinary and endocrine systems.
Learning Outcomes
- how drug treatments may be used to correct these biochemical and functional imbalances, helping to restore normal function;
- how the normal functioning of the human organ systems may become transformed in the disease state, e.g. airway hypersensitivity in asthma;
- the aims in developing highly specific and selective drug treatments and the problems associated with drug side effects;
- the biochemical and functional imbalances which lead to pathophysiological changes in organ function;
- understand the main terms used in systemic pathology and to be able to identify the major histopathological changes in diseased organs.
| Prerequisites: | PP2101 PP2201 AT2110, PP3151 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | PP5251 and TV5110 and TV5111 |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Anna-Marie Babey |
| Lecturers: | Dr Anna-Marie Babey, Professor Phillip Summers. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); other exams (30%); assignments (20%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.