My favourite unit so far. Easily doable HD, since a high average is easy to maintain throughout the semester. Less content heavy than IMED2001, which runs concurrently. Unit has 31 lectures, half-split. The haematology content is quite content heavy, but this is made up for by the pharmacology content (run by Ricky Chen) being trivially easy. Probably comparable amount of content as IMED1003 I'd say. Content is very enjoyable. The haematology lecturer tries to make it very interactive and succeeds, and the workshops are great fun, however a lot of my peers didn't take them seriously, especially since your grade was based on just whether you answered the live questions, rather than whether you got them right. The haematology lectures get progressively harder, and not much content from previous semesters will help you prepare except for one lecture on blood physiology from IMED1001. Pharmacology content is very superficial, and so is assessed accordingly, making for the easiest questions of the unit. Not many drug names needed to be memorised, so there's no excuse for finding this half of the unit difficult whatsoever. In my cohort an experiment was being run, where they put practice questions halfway through lectures, as a way to give students a short break and make the lectures more engaging. This was definitely worthwhile, and I hope the practice is continued for future students. Tests are only MCQ and weren't too hard, second test being the easier of the two. Exam wasn't too challenging, covering mostly a superficial understanding, and Ricky's SAQs were very easy. The non-Ricky pharmacology questions were more difficult. Very good to do alongside PHAR2210, as there were literal repeated questions apparently, and I'd expect there'd be a lot of content overlap with PHAR2210 and the pharmacology content. PHAR1101 may be useful as prerequisite knowledge, but I'd doubt it since everything is taught from the ground up in this unit. One review correctly says the haematology practice questions aren't entirely reflective of assessments. Not sure what one 3 star review is talking about with the haematology lectures sometimes not making sense. Unsure about reviews mentioning the exam being more difficult than the in-semester tests - while I can acknowledge it was more challenging, it was definitely not a major flop. If you're doing the IMSCP (IMED) major, this sem I'd recommend also taking PATH2211 and PATH2210.

Way better than IMED2001 but still content heavy so this is not a walk in the park you really have to study for this unit especially the blood module. Lecture slides are unlawfully long some 50 slides BUT they're mostly pictures; still could feel overwhelming if you do not make notes for it. A couple blood lectures went overtime but could be excused because the lecturer was answering questions from the previous lecture. This unit lectures were so much more interactive than IMED2001 which was super great and you'd greatly benefit if you actually attend the lectures. Test wise, only MCQs which is amazing and the workshop assessments are online and quite simple. I'm giving it 3 stars because it does require a lot of study so I don't think it deserves 5 stars and the practice questions for blood module aren't entirely reflective of what to expect in the exam (for SAQs). Overall a better unit than IMED2001 and much more organised and interactive.

Great unit. Difficulty wise easier than IMED2001 to study but still some challenges to be faced. The blood module can seem like a lot at first but as you progress it comes together nicely as you learn about conditions relating each kind of blood cell (anaemias, platelet disorders, and leukaemias). Wendy was fantastic at teaching this topic, very knowledgeable, very experienced, and the workshops she ran were very useful and helped to consolidate the learning in the lectures. The drug lectures were generally easier than the blood lectures and mostly just require you to memorise the mode of action of certain drugs as well as understand how drugs move throughout the body (very reminiscent of PHAR1101 for a sizeable portion as Ricky teaches the drug module). The tests were all quite easy to HD with proper study. Overall, just a good unit.

I found this unit better than IMED2001. You start off with the blood module, the content was all over the place and felt kind of hard to keep up at times. Then you finish with the drugs module, which was better organised and easier to understand. The ePracs this year were good and the quizzes were generally easy to score well in. The tests were ok, but some questions can be quite specific. The exam was doable, with the drugs questions being better than the blood questions, the latter of which were extremely specific and you had to remember the smallest of details to answer them. If you put in some effort in this unit then you will be fine.

This unit was quite tough, though not as bad as IMED2001. The blood lectures were quite hard as they didn't always make sense, or felt a bit random at times. The drug lectures were a lot easier, but had a lot of extraneous info from the non-main lecturers. It wasn't too bad, and the slides weren't too bad and long like IMED2001, so it was easier to follow. The tests weren't too bad, however, the pracs were terrible because you have to use the campus computers in order to effectively use the blood slide viewers, which if you're at home, doesn't load properly. The exam was not too bad, but does need a proper study and not cramming.

Unlike last years med sci units, the quizzes (or epracs) in this unit were pretty tough, especially for the blood module in the first half of semester. In fairness though this may have been because the actual ‘prac’ component was run entirely online and was mostly self directed learning which meant that you couldn’t simply ask a demonstrator/UC for help in person. All the Qs you had had to be posted on the discussion board which was a little annoying bc some of those questions never got answered and it felt like you were left in the lurch a bit if you didn’t understand something. The pharmacology aspect of this unit was a lot more organised and easier to understand than the blood module because all of the lecturers kept their slides to a minimum which was much appreciated. The tests and final exam were this unit’s saving grace in my opinion because both consisted of questions that were, for the most part, doable. Overall, a HD in this unit is definitely achievable if you put in the hours.

This was quite an enjoyable unit. I'd recommend doing some preparation during the summer as IMED2001+2002 is quite the high-workload combo. For this unit, I'd revise physiology from IMED2001 - autonomic nervous system, adrenoceptors, maybe a bit on transporters. If you're a textbook guy, Haematology at a Glance, Principles of Pharmacology (Golan/Armstrong), Pharmacology (Rang/Dale) are the ones to read. New textbooks aren't worth it, secondhand of any edition will be more than fine.

Fair enough overall. Most of the content was delivered clearly, although a couple of rouge lecturers would pull the classic 60-slide information dump. Haematology content was just the usual med sci memorisation, pharmacology content was a bit more theoretical. Some pracs were challenging but they definitely helped. In-semester MCQ tests were hard - you had to know the content inside out - but apart from one weirdly specific drugs SAQ the final was OK, especially the easy blood SAQs.

I liked how this unit was nicely separated into two topics, blood and drugs. The content was pretty interesting and wasn’t too hard to study although I feel like it is kind of hard to evaluate this unit as it was greatly overpowered by the heavy content of IMED2001. I felt that the tests and exams were fair however, that’s not to say that they weren’t hard. You still had to study a lot more than other units and the questions were very specific and required in depth knowledge of every tiny detail but provided you are willing to put in the effort you can get a good mark.

Interesting content but difficult exam.