• Level 5
  • 20 Credits
  • 0.1667 EFTS
  • Delivery type:
    Online only
  • Course duration: 32 weeks
  • Course cost:
    $731 NZ Domestic
    $2,563 NZ International
  • Workload - Approximately 7 hours per week
  • Availability
    Monthly course availability for upcoming periods
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The purpose of this online course is to prepare you to be able to understand how medicines work and affect body systems. Upon completion you will be able to apply an advanced level of knowledge of human anatomy, physiology and medicines used in the treatment of health disorders. 

Students who successfully complete this online course will be able to

  • Discuss-how the body handles medicines and how medicines act on the body
    • drug dosing, action and adverse effects
    • drug misuse and drug dependence
    • health check measurements and their use in the community
  • Discuss the anatomy and physiology of the central nervous, cardiovascular and respiratory systems and the eye, ear and nose.
  • Discuss disorders of the central nervous, cardiovascular and respiratory systems and the eye, ear and nose, and medicines used in their treatment
  • Apply knowledge of human physiology and medicines used in the treatment of disorders of central nervous, cardiovascular and respiratory systems and the eye, ear and nose.

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed

Textbooks

No textbooks are required for this course

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

  • choose the qualification you will study the course under
  • check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.