HLTH SC 2103 - Contemporary Understanding of Disease and Treatment

This course will provide an overview of contemporary issues in pathology and drug use and expand on concepts developed in Disease and their Treatment. Students will learn to describe and recognise the cell and tissue changes and the main predisposing factors in common modern diseases, including infectious disease, endocrine disease, gastrointestinal disease and reproductive disease as well as forensic pathology. They will learn contemporary concepts in modern pharmacology, including basic pharmacokinetic concepts and drug-drug interactions, personalised medicine and modern drug development. They will learn how drug actions can be exploited in the treatment of common diseases. They will develop an understanding of the unique pathological and pharmacological factors impacting on different population groups and disease outcomes and how this can be exploited in personalised medicine. They will develop an understanding environmental issues in modern diseases. They will develop an understanding of the basic concepts of modern forensic pathology and toxicology, including an understanding of how drugs can have adverse effects and the forensic implications of toxicology.