Undergraduate Course: Applied Pharmacology 3 (BIME09011)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh Medical School |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course will provide practical laboratory work following on from that introduced in Pharmacology 3. In addition, a series of lectures and tutorials will consider pharmacological interventions in a range of areas, including Cancer Biology, Toxicology, Reproductive Biology, GI tract, Respiration and Haemostasis. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Equivalent of the courses listed above, approval for all honours level Biomedical courses must be made by the appropriate Course organiser |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 1,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 19,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Other Study Hours 5,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
149 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
learning skills session
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
This course has 3 elements of assessments:
Element 1: Practical Reports from both practical classes. Practical 1 will contribute 10%, and Practical 2, 20%, therefore this element will contribute 30% of the final degree mark.
Element 2: Lecture themed submissions. Students will devise and explain a series of questions based on the lecture themes. This element contributes 40% of the final degree mark.
Element 3: Drug Discussion Article. This essay will contribute 30% to the final degree mark.
To pass the course you must achieve an overall mark of 40% or higher for the course overall, AND for EACH of the 3 elements of assessment |
| Feedback |
For Practical Reports, you will be provided with written feedback on your practical reports. This will be available at the point at which the write-ups are returned. You will be provided with formative feedback your Discussion Article electronically through Learn.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understanding of how pharmacology can be applied in therapeutics at a systems level
- Knowledge of drug development pathways and biological approaches and pharmacogenomics applications
- The opportunity to develop practical skills in a pharmacological laboratory and to obtain accurate results which can be analysed and interpreted in a meaningful manner, including the application of statistical analysis
- Training in written scientific communication, including reporting results, working with scientific literature and citing relevant findings
- Understanding of the use of curated databases in pharmacology, and how these can inform research in drug development
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Reading List
Pharmacology (8th Edition) by H.P Rang, M.M. Dale, J.M. Ritter and R.J. Flower, published by Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone (ISBN 978-0-7020-3471-8). This is available through the library and also as an electronic resource when logged in through EASE.
Alternative textbooks worth considering are:
Pharmacology Condensed by M.M. Dale and D.G. Haylett published by Churchill Livingstone (ISBN 0443070490)
Medical Pharmacology (2nd Edition) by Peter Winstanley and Tom Walley published by Churchill Livingstone (ISBN 0-443-070555). |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | AppPharm3 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Dawn Livingstone
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Course secretary | Miss Sarah Reilly
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