2013/14 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

PEME3381 Drugs, Processes, Products and People

10 creditsClass Size: 60

Module manager: Dr R B Hammond
Email: r.b.hammond@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2013/14

This module is mutually exclusive with

PEME5381M

Drugs, Processes, Products and People

Module replaces

PEME3341M

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

To provide a comprehensive introduction to:
- the technology underpinning the manufacture of pharmaceutical materials;
- the interactions between pharmaceutically active materials and the human body.

Learning outcomes
Students will attain an appreciation of:
- the structure of the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector and the role of process engineers therein;
- the particular challenges associated with the production of pharmaceutical products and the currently implemented technological solutions to these problems;
- the way drugs interact with the human body.

Skills outcomes
- Improvement of writing and presentational skills through the composition of structured reports.

Syllabus

Topics include:
- Structure of the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector.
- Drug discovery strategies.
- Time-line in the development of a new pharmaceutical product.
- Thermo-chemical and physico-chemical aspects of crystalline, organic, molecular materials.
- Regulatory framework in the pharmaceutical sector.
- The human body: structure, function and organisation.
- Mechanisms of selected disease and interaction of drugs with the body.
- Routes of drug administration, trans-membrane transportation.
- Absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of a drug in the human body.
- Introduction to pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenetics.
- Drug modifications.
- Social implications of pharmaceuticals.
- Changes in health of population, life expectancy.
- Emerging diseases and social impact.
- Drug dependency, drug abuse.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Class tests, exams and assessment	1	2.00	2.00
Lecture	22	1.00	22.00
Private study hours			76.00
Total Contact hours			24.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

44 hours reading (2 hours per lecture)
32 hours coursework preparation

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Feedback on coursework essay.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
In-course Assessment	2 hour in-class test	60.00
Report	2,500 word project report	40.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 07/02/2014

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