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Unit of Study NATM2001 - Botanical Medicine (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    Online enrolment is only available for students admitted to the Master of Integrative Medicine. All other students must enrol into Lismore or Gold Coast classes. Students are required to attend on-campus classes and/or participate in online activities. Prior knowledge of chemistry and pharmacology is desirable.

Unit description

Examines the fundamentals of botanical medicine, including plant morphology, botanical taxonomy and herbal pharmacognosy and pharmacology, and applies this knowledge to herbal therapeutics and herbal medicine manufacturing.

Unit content

  1. Botany and plant classification
  2. Pharmacognosy fundamentals
  3. Herbal therapeutics 1
  4. Herbal therapeutics 2
  5. Herbal therapeutics 3
  6. Herbal therapeutics 4

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term1,3
Term1,3
Online
Term5
Term5

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

recognise plant morphology and botanical taxonomy

recognise chemical complexity, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of medicinal plants

identify specific therapeutic actions and clinical indications of medicinal plants

apply knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practice to medicinal plants

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Students must wear closed shoes for attendance to laboratory classes.

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Students must wear closed shoes for attendance to laboratory classes.

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment

  • Students must wear closed shoes for attendance to laboratory classes.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.