| CODE | CPH5409 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Preventive, Forensic and Regulatory Pharmacotoxicology | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit provides the background and introduction to the regulations in place to prevent toxic effects from pharmaceuticals, drugs of abuse, chemicals (both industrial, manufacturing and household), pesticides and cosmetics. It will outline how pharmacotoxicology incidents prevention can be prevented in the first place. It will show how this knowledge can be applied in the context of the forensic medico-legal consequences of drug use. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims are to: - To review the methodologies which can be put in place to prevent toxic effects from chemicals and pharmaceuticals and other toxins; - To review national and international legal directive and guidelines as pertaining to use of toxic compounds; - To appraise the roles of the key regional, national and international bodies responsible for drug regulation, drug safety, chemical safety and chemical incidents. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Recognise those policies which can be put in place to prevent toxic effects from chemicals and pharmaceuticals and other toxins; - Appreciate how national and international legal directive and guidelines can be implemented in order to control the use of toxic compounds; - Evaluate the roles of the key regional, national and international bodies responsible for drug regulation, drug safety, chemical safety and chemical incidents; - Appreciate current practice in relation to risk management in preventative, forensic and regulatory toxicology. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Plan and apply policies which can be put in place to prevent toxic effects from chemicals and pharmaceuticals and other toxins; - Explain national and international legal directives and guidelines in relation to the use of toxic compounds; - Explain the roles of the key regional, national and international bodies responsible for drug regulation, drug safety, chemical safety and chemical incidents; - Link current practice in relation to risk management in preventative, forensic and regulatory toxicology. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main readings - Nicholas T Lappas, Courtney M Lappas. Forensic Toxicology: Principles and Concepts 2016. Academic Press ISBN 978-0127999678 - Barry Levine Principles of Forensic Toxicology, 5th edition 2020. Springer ISBN 978-3030429164 - Stephen M. Roberts, Robert C. James, Phillip L. Williams. Principles of Toxicology Environmental and Industrial Applications. 2015 Wiley Interscience ISBN 978-0470907917. Supplementary readings - Curtis Klaassen, John Watkins. Casarett & Doull's Essentials of Toxicology, Third Edition. 2015. McGraw Hill ISBN 978-0071847087 - Helmut Greim, Robert Snyder Toxicology and Risk Assessment A Comprehensive Introduction. 2018 2nd edition Wiley 978-1119135913 - Torres, Jose, Bobst, Sol Toxicological Risk Assessment for Beginners 2015 Springer ISBN 978-3-319-12751-4 - Ira S Richards Marie Bourgeois. Principles and Practice of Toxicology in Public Health - 2nd edition 2014 Jones and Bartlett Publishers ISBN 9781449645267. Journals (available in Main Library and Health Sciences Library and as e-journals subscribed by UM) Toxicology Environmental toxicology Toxicology methods Journal of toxicology Comments on toxicology Archives of toxicology International journal of toxicology Critical reviews in toxicology Environmental toxicology and pharmacology Chemical research in toxicology Forensic toxicology. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Reginald Edward Fitzgerald Ingrid Busuttil Josef Cachia Richard Nicholas Cassar Janet Mifsud Mario Mifsud |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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