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Bio 2: Biological & Pharmacological Aspects of Illness across the Lifespan (accelerated) - HEA00171I

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  • Department: Health Sciences
  • Credit value: 10 credits
  • Credit level: I
  • Academic year of delivery: 2024-25
    • See module specification for other years: 2023-24

Module summary

N/A

Professional requirements

Compulsory module for PRSB requirements

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
B Spring Term 2024-25

Module aims

Building on their understanding of human biology and pharmacology from Stage 1, students will examine the aetiology and pathophysiology of disease and therapeutics of drugs and medicines optimisation.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students will be able to:


1. Explain the key mechanisms of disease and biological and genomic risk factors associated with
disease.

2. Apply this knowledge and understanding to the nursing care of selected conditions across
the lifespan.

3. Discuss how pharmacological interventions may impact on disease and ill health.


4. Describe the ways in which research and forms of evidence influence understanding of ill
health, pathophysiology and pharmacology.

Module content

The following concepts and processes essential to ill-health and disease will be
considered: Ill-health and Disease (including lifespan/developmental differences)
Genomics, abnormal cell division and links to mental health diagnoses
Immunity/infection and Inflammation
Abnormal perfusion
Hormonal imbalances
Thermoregulatory imbalances
Loss of consciousness
Therapeutics, pharmaceutics & Legislation
Reflection

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) 100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) 100

Module feedback

Students are provided with collective exam feedback relating to their cohort, within the timescale specified in the programme handbook.

Indicative reading

Waugh, A and Grant, A. (2018). Ross and Wilson Anatomy and Physiology in Health and Illness. 13th edition.
Churchill Livingston. Giddens, J. (2017). Concepts for Nursing Practice. 2 edition. Elsevier. Blows, W. (2018).
The Biological Basis of Clinical Observations. 3 edition. Routledge. Ashelford, S., Raynsford, J., and Taylor, V.
(2019). Pathophysiology and Pharmacology, Sage


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