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Medicinal Chemistry Course

What will I learn?

Open up the secrets of designing drugs with our Medicinal Chemistry Course, made specially for medicine people keen to get even better. Go deep into the details of functional groups, learn how to understand chemical structures properly, and check drug safety and side effects. Get better at putting research together, looking at solubility, and how drugs are taken up by the body. Understand how stable chemicals are and how they work to make you better. Come and join us for a short, good quality learning time that will make you know a lot more about medicines.

Apoia's Unique Offerings

Online courses with lifetime access
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
24/7 online support
Select and organise the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

Develop your skills

Enhance your practical skills listed below

Spot functional groups: Know the important groups in medicine compounds.

Understand chemical structures: Learn the best ways to properly look at molecules.

Check drug safety: See what chemicals are in drugs and what side effects they might have.

Report research findings: Put scientific information together and show it clearly.

Understand drug mechanisms: Find out how drugs work inside you.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters similar to the examples below

This is a free course aimed at personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but provides practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.