2013/14 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

PEME5381M Drugs, Processes, Products and People

15 creditsClass Size: 40

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

PEME3381

Drugs, Processes, Products and People

Module replaces

PEME5341M

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 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
Tutorial	2	1.00	2.00
Private study hours			124.00
Total Contact hours			26.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			150.00

Private study

72 hours reading (3 hours per lecture/tutorial)
52 hours coursework preparation

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Interim report and feedback through the tutorial session.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Report	5,000 word project report	60.00
In-course Assessment	In-class test	40.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

For the project report, a preliminary report, worth 20% of the available marks, will be required in week 5 with feedback through a group tutorial in week 6.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 10/02/2014

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