Years 1-3

Scientific Basis of Medicine

The Discipline contributes to the Scientific Basis of Medicine theme through case-writing, tutoring in problem-based learning, and by providing lectures in a large number of different areas of relevance to Pharmacology. These include introductory sessions such as "What is a Drug?" and "How do Drugs Work?" in year 1, and more advanced topics such as pharmacokinetics and routes of drug delivery in year 2. During years 2 and 3, there are several lectures on particular therapeutic drug groups as they relate to the particular cases that the students are dealing with, and there are also several sessions on the basic principles of alcohol and drug dependence.