Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
Department of Pharmacology & Clinical Pharmacology, University of Auckland

MEDSCI 722 workshop timetable

Workshops are held on Fridays 10 am -12 noon in these rooms. 

503-128 (M&Hs  Building 503, Room 128)
505-364 (M&HS Building 505, Room 364)

Revised Date Week Room Topic Resources Teaching staff
23-Jul-21 30 503-128 Introduction to course/revision
  • Clearance
    		• JM
  • Volume
  • Absorption & half-life
  • Drug metabolism
  • Variability due to environmental differences
  • Variability due to genetic differences
  • Immediate drug effects
  • Delayed and cumulative drug effects
    • 30-Jul-21 31 503-128 PKPD variability
  • PKPD variability
    		• COH
  • Population PKPD
    • 6-Aug-21 32 503-128 Drug disposition in pregnancy
  • Drug disposition in pregnancy
    		• AP
    13-Aug-21 33 505-364 Drug Literature Evaluation
  • Drug literature evaluation and scientific writing
  • Student Notes
  • 2019 lecture recording notes
    		•  JM
    20-Aug-21 34 Zoom Drugs in the neonate & child Drugs in the neonate & child
    Size and Maturity (PDF)
    		 AP
    27-Aug-21 35 503-128 Predicting and preventing adverse drug reactions and interactions
  • Predicting and preventing adverse drug reactions and interactions
    		•  MT
    3 Aug, 10 Aug 36-37 Mid-Semester Break
    17-Sep-21 38 ZoomDisease progression and drug action
  • Clinical Pharmacology = Disease Progress + Drug Action
  • Disease Progress Article
    		•  NH
    24-Sep-21 39 Zoom Clinical trials: design, and analysis
  • Video cartoon :-)
    		•  Drug development & Clinical Trials
  • Clinical measurement
    		• NH
    1-Oct-21 40 Zoom Class effects
  • Class effects
  • Class effects article
    		•  NH
    8-Oct-21 41 Zoom Coursework Presentations Coursework presentations NH
    15-Oct-21 42
    		 Zoom Coursework Presentations
    		 Coursework presentations NH
    22-Oct-21 43 Zoom Clinical Pharmacology Review NH
    30-Oct-21 12:30 pm Final Exam
    		Grafton campus


    Teaching staff: NH - Nick Holford; JH - Jacqui Hannam; AP - Anna Ponnampalam; MT - Malcolm Tingle ; SHJ - Soo Hee Jeong; GM - Guangda Ma; JM - James Morse; COH - Conor O'Hanlon

    Suggested Reading Materials

    1. Kearns GL, Abdel-Rahman SM, Alander SW, Blowey DL, Leeder JS, Kauffman RE. Developmental pharmacology--drug disposition, action, and therapy in infants and children. N Engl J Med 2003; 349:1157-67
    2. Anderson BJ, Holford NHG. Mechanism based concepts of size and maturity in pharmacokinetics. Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology 2008; 48: 303-32
    3. Anderson BJ, Holford NHG. Mechanistic basis of using body size and maturation to predict clearance in humans. Drug Metab Pharmacokinet 2009; 24 (1): 25-36
    4. Anderson BJ, Meakin GH.  Scaling for size; some implications for paediatric anaesthesia dosing.  Paediatr Anaesthesia 2002; 12: 205-219
    5. Holford NH . Dosing in children. Clin Pharm Ther 2010;87:367-70
    6. Holford, N. (2015). "Clinical pharmacology = disease progression + drug action." Br J Clin Pharmacol 79(1): 18-27.
    7. Holford, N., Y. A. Heo and B. Anderson (2013). "A pharmacokinetic standard for babies and adults." J Pharm Sci 102(9): 2941-2952.
    8. Anderson, B. J. and N. H. Holford (2013). "Understanding dosing: children are small adults, neonates are immature children." Arch Dis Child 98(9): 737-744.