Biological & Pharmacological Aspects of Health & Wellbeing - HEA00059C
Module will run
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Autumn Term 2025-26 |
Module aims
Students will develop their knowledge and understanding of human physiology and pharmacology in relation to health and wellbeing over the lifespan.
Module learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students will be able to:
- Explain the process of normal cellular function and metabolism.
- Describe normal homeostatic functions and feedback processes.
- Identify normal body processes involved in elimination, sleep, movement and perfusion.
- Outline healthy development across the lifespan and levels of organisation within the body.
- Explain the concepts of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.
- Recognise ways in which forms of evidence inform understanding of health and wellbeing.
Module content
The following concepts and processes essential to health and well-being will be covered: the cell (with focus on membrane transport, receptor physiology and the role of gene expression); levels of organisation; concepts of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics; nutrition and metabolism; excretion and elimination; fluid and electrolyte balance; acid-base balance; thermoregulation; perfusion; gas exchange; glucose regulation; sleep; and mobility. Changes across the lifespan in these functions will be examined. Forms of evidence informing the understanding of these processes will also be covered.
Indicative assessment
Task | % of module mark |
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Closed/in-person Exam (Centrally scheduled) | 100 |
Special assessment rules
Non-compensatable
Indicative reassessment
Task | % of module mark |
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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. 2nd edition. Elsevier.
Blows, W. (2018). The Biological Basis of Clinical Observations. 3rd edition. Routledge.
Tortora, B and Derrickson, B. (2017). Tortora’s Principles of Anatomy and Physiology. 15th edition. Wiley.
Ashelford, S., Raynsford, J., and Taylor, V. (2019). Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nursing. 2nd edition. Sage