Year 4

The Discipline of Pharmacology teaches fourth year dentistry students about drugs and therapeutics in a one year course with between one and three contact hours per week.

The course covers basic concepts of pharmacology (pharmacokinetics and pharmacdynamics), drug interactions, adverse drug reactions, drug development and regulation, and a selection of important therapeutic areas, focusing on the dental implications of the use of drugs by doctors, and on the drugs which dentists are able to prescribe under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

These are the timetables for the course:

• Semester 1
• Semester 2

Venue: All pharmacology sessions to be held in Lecture Theatre 2, Level 6, Dental Hospital.

The course is assessed with a two hour examination in semester 1, and as part of a larger dental examination in semester 2.

The current coordinator is Assoc Prof Anne Tonkin.