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MODULE DESCRIPTOR
Module Title
Drug Analysis And Toxicology
Reference PLM306 Version 1
Created February 2023 SCQF Level SCQF 11
Approved March 2023 SCQF Points 30
Amended August 2021 ECTS Points 15

Aims of Module
To enable the students to critically evaluate the principles, applications and limitations of instrumental analysis in Drug Analysis and Toxicology and to select and implement a range of appropriate analytical techniques to solve a given analytical problem.

Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
1 Critically appraise key factors related to the quality/safety/authenticity of prescription drugs.
2 Critically evaluate the appropriateness of the different techniques available for sampling, preparation and analysis for an analytical problem related to the quality/safety/authenticity of prescription drugs.
3 Critically review the results and conclusions from an analytical group project related to quality/safety/authenticity of prescription drugs.

Indicative Module Content
Drug screening and confirmation. Analytical procedures for the determination of drugs of abuse in biological matrices e.g. blood, serum, plasma, saliva, urine etc. Structure elucidation, Pharmaceutical drug analysis, drug formulation, use of general pharmaceutical monographs for formulated preparations. Measuring toxicology: LD50, exposure limits, thresholds, reversibility, sensitivity. Toxicokinetics: absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. Solution of an analytical problem appropriate to Drug Analysis or Toxicology requiring a combination of Laboratory techniques.

Module Delivery
Full-time and Part-time; the module is delivered by formal lectures and some external speakers. Mandatory attendance for 5 days of laboratory work as part of a designated group solving a drug analysis or toxicology problem.

Indicative Student Workload Full Time Part Time
Contact Hours 70 70
Non-Contact Hours 230 230
Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours N/A N/A
TOTAL 300 300
Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body    

ASSESSMENT PLAN
If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only.
Component 1
Type: Practical Exam Weighting: 100% Outcomes Assessed: 1, 2, 3
Description: Demonstrate competent laboratory planning & analysis of an abused or common pharmaceutical drug and individual performance in a PowerPoint presentation.

MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR
Explanatory Text
The grade represents Component 1 (PE1). A minimum of Module Grade D is required to pass the module. Non-submission will result in an NS grade.
Module Grade Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade:
A A
B B
C C
D D
E E
F F
NS Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination

Module Requirements
Prerequisites for Module None, in addition to the course entry requirements.
Corequisites for module None.
Precluded Modules None.

INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
1 AULTON, M.E. 2021. Pharmaceutics, The Design and Manufacture of Medicines. Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
2 WATSON, D.G. 2020. Pharmaceutical Analysis. Churchill Livingstone Elsevier.
3 ANSEL, H.C. 2014. Eight edition. Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Drug Delivery Systems. Wolters Kluwer Health.
4 CREAN, A. 2010. The physiochemical basis of Pharmaceuticals. Oxford University Press.
5 SKOOG, W. CROUCH, S. WEST, D and HOLLER, F. 2021. Tenth edition. Skoog and West. Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry. Cengage Learning

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