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This course provides students with knowledge regarding the pathophysiology of the most common diseases affecting patients in developed countries. This course will further develop students’ knowledge of normal physiology and pathophysiology to address treatment approaches for diseases with a particular focus on pharmacological treatments.

This course focuses on students' learning the basis for disease states that are most prevalent in the developed world and how they can be treated. Major topics to be covered are the major burdens of disease, including central nervous system disorders, inflammatory, cardiovascular, endocrine, and respiratory diseases and cancer.

For all students enrolled in the course, students are required to attempt and submit all assessment items. This is required as part of UniSQ external accreditation agreements (such as the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council [ANMAC]).

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

1. Identify how a disruption to homeostasis can lead to enhanced disease processes of the human body.
2. Identify the pathological processes involved in the major burdens of disease including central nervous system disorders, inflammatory, endocrine, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, as well as cancer.
3. Explain and apply the fundamentals of pharmacology and the core principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
4. Describe the actions of the major drug groups that are used to treat the burdens of disease by defining drug mode of action, indications, contraindications, potential interactions, adverse effects and therapeutic outcomes.
5. Explain the interrelatedness of the main burdens of disease by identifying the breakdown of homeostatic mechanisms and how drug therapies can be used to target disease processes.