Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Monash University
This online course explored the science of key medicines used to manage heart disease, depression, diabetes, pain control and smoking cessation.
6 weeks, 3 hours per week
Ian Larson
Senior Lecturer
Monash University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe the physiological impact of common medical conditions on the human body.
- Investigate the chemical structures of modern medicines.
- Explain how the chemical structures of medicines make them effective in treating specific medical conditions (pharmacology).
- Explore how the design, delivery and dosage of medicines influence their effectiveness (pharmaceutics).
- Discuss the human aspects of taking medicines, including side effects and addiction.
Syllabus
- The composition and roles of different members of a patient’s healthcare team.
- An overview of how the human body works and the key systems within it.
- An overview of the fundamentals of chemistry: elements, bonds, molecular structures and intermolecular interaction.
- The importance of the chemical design of medicines to their treatment of specific conditions (pharmacology).
- The importance of the design, delivery and dosage of medicines to their effectiveness (pharmaceutics).
- Diabetes and how hypoglycaemics work to treat it.
- Heart disease and how atorvastatin works to treat it.
- Pain and how morphine works to treat it.
- Smoking and how treatments for nicotine addiction work.
- Depression and how antidepressants work to treat it.
Issued on 16th July 2020
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