Core Skills in Pharmacology
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| LIFE1056 | Life Sciences | 1 | 20 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- LIFE1056
- School
- Life Sciences
- Level
- 1
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
This non-compensatable compulsory skills module aims to provide students with an introduction to key experimental, analytical and transferable skills, and to reinforce degree-specific scientific themes from the first year in the context of small group tutorials.
The module has three major components:
1. Tutorials and supporting lectures (approx. 20% contact time). Lectures will provide advice about key transferable skills, including scientific writing, oral presentations, plagiarism, and career development. Tutorials will provide practice related to these skills (including writing an essay and giving a presentation), in the context of discussions about key scientific ideas relevant to Pharmacology.
2. Experimental Design and data Analysis (approx. 40%). A combination of a) lectures on the principles of the scientific method, good experimental design, and basic statistical analysis, and b) training in the statistical interpretation and analysis of data, delivered via a combination of workshops and self-study.
3. Pharmacology (approx. 40%). A series of lectures and practicals on the fundamentals and quantification of the action of drugs which will underpin material present in other modules. Sources of information: online databases of literature, chemical and pharmacological data.
Target Students
Available to all students registered for a Single Honours degree in Pharmacology.
Classes
This module may be delivered through lectures, seminars, workshops and labs etc
Assessment
- 50% Coursework: 1500 word essay - Spring
- Practical: Formative write up of practicals.
- 50% Exam 1 (1-hour): 1 hour ExamSys exam at the end of the year.
Assessed in both autumn & spring semest
Educational Aims
This is a compulsory skills module which aims to provide students with an introduction to key experimental, analytical and transferable skills, and to reinforce degree-specific scientific themes from the first year in the context of small group tutorials, practicals and workshops.Learning Outcomes
A student who completes this module will be expected to be able:
A1. to quantify the pharmacological actions of drugs at their targets
A2. to define pharmacological terms in relation to graphical information and drug-action
A3. to outline the absorption , distribution and elimination of drugs by the body
A4. to recognise different types of experimental data and how to perform descriptive and inferential statistics on such data
A5. to consider and discuss ethical issues and the impact of advances in pharmacology on society
A6. to explain simple pharmacological data in terms of its acquisition and meaning
A7. to discuss current trends and developments in Pharmacology
A student who completes this programme will have the ability:
B1. to think independently while giving due weight to the arguments of others through research, critical analysis and interpretation of published information and data.
B2. to undertake appropriate experimental design and statistical analysis
B3. to work safely in the laboratory, using appropriate equipment and instruments and assess related safety issues in order to make and record accurate observations and measurements
B4. to demonstrate numeracy and written and oral communication skills including writing essays and filling out laboratory reports using appropriate styles, conventions, and terminology and making oral presentations on pharmacological topics.
B5. to demonstrate digital literacy, including being able to utilise modern statistical software in the analysis of scientific data