PSCI202 Medicines and Disease

Overview

Study of the use of microbes to make medicines, the sterile manufacture of medicines and the pathogenesis of common conditions treated or managed with pharmacotherapy.

PSCI202 provides students intending on working in the pharmaceutical industry, or related fields, with an overview of:

1. important diseases that are treated with pharmacotherapy;
2. the role of the immune system in preventing and causing disease as well as how components of the immune system are used in pharmacotherapy; and
3. pharmaceutical microbiology.

Pharmaceutical microbiology includes the use of microbes to make medicines, how microbial contamination of medicines is prevented.

About this paper

Prerequisite

CELS 191, BIOC 192, (HUBS 191 or PTWY 131), HUBS 192

Restriction

MICR 221, PATH 201, PHCY 219, PHCY 315

Eligibility

PSCI 202 builds on the foundations of 100 level papers in microbiology, immunology and biology.

Contact

Professor Sarah Hook

More information link

View more information about the Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science

Teaching staff

Paper Co-ordinator: Professor Sarah Hook
Academic staff from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Academic staff from the Department of Pathology

Paper Structure

PSCI 202 will be taught through lectures and laboratories covering the following general topics:

• The use of microbes and biotechnology to make medicines
• How medicines can be manufactured under sterile conditions
• The role of the immune system in preventing disease and in causing pathology, and how components of the immune system are used in pharmacotherapy
• The pathogenesis of common conditions treated, managed or prevented with pharmacotherapy that are currently the focus of drug development

Textbooks

Textbooks will be available through the library.

• Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease 10th edition.
• Prescott’s Microbiology, 12th edition.
• Robbins Basic Pathology 10th edition.

Graduate Attributes Emphasised

Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete the paper will be able to:

1. Describe how microbes and biotechnology are used to make medicines and the advantages and disadvantages associated with the technologies
2. Describe the differences between sterile and non-sterile medicines, and when they are used
3. Explain the sources of microbial contamination and how sterility of medicines can be achieved
4. Discuss the pathogenesis of common conditions treated, managed or prevented with pharmacotherapy
5. Explain the role of the immune system in preventing disease and in causing pathology and how components of the immune system are used in pharmacotherapy
6. Apply analytical laboratory skills

Overview

Study of the use of microbes to make medicines, the sterile manufacture of medicines and the pathogenesis of common conditions treated or managed with pharmacotherapy.

PSCI202 provides students intending on working in the pharmaceutical industry, or related fields, with an overview of:

1. important diseases that are treated with pharmacotherapy;
2. the role of the immune system in preventing and causing disease as well as how components of the immune system are used in pharmacotherapy; and
3. pharmaceutical microbiology.

Pharmaceutical microbiology includes the use of microbes to make medicines, how microbial contamination of medicines is prevented.

About this paper

Prerequisite

CELS 191, BIOC 192, (HUBS 191 or PTWY 131), HUBS 192

Restriction

MICR 221, PATH 201, PHCY 219, PHCY 315

Eligibility

PSCI 202 builds on the foundations of 100-level papers in microbiology, immunology and biology.

Contact

Professor Sarah Hook

More information link

View more information about the Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Science.

Teaching staff

Paper Co-ordinator: Professor Sarah Hook

Academic staff from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Academic staff from the Department of Pathology

Paper Structure

PSCI 202 will be taught through lectures and laboratories covering the following general topics:

• The use of microbes and biotechnology to make medicines
• How medicines can be manufactured under sterile conditions
• The role of the immune system in preventing disease and in causing pathology, and how components of the immune system are used in pharmacotherapy
• The pathogenesis of common conditions treated, managed or prevented with pharmacotherapy that are currently the focus of drug development

Textbooks

Textbooks will be available through the library.

• Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease 10^th edition.
• Prescott’s Microbiology, 12^th edition.
• Robbins Basic Pathology 10^th edition.

Graduate Attributes Emphasised

Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.

Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete the paper will be able to:

1. Describe how microbes and biotechnology are used to make medicines and the advantages and disadvantages associated with the technologies
2. Describe the differences between sterile and non-sterile medicines, and when they are used
3. Explain the sources of microbial contamination and how sterility of medicines can be achieved
4. Discuss the pathogenesis of common conditions treated, managed or prevented with pharmacotherapy
5. Explain the role of the immune system in preventing disease and in causing pathology and how components of the immune system are used in pharmacotherapy
6. Apply analytical laboratory skills