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	5 MSc School of Human Health and Performance

Course information, 2008/2009
Drugs, Ethics and Medico-Legal Issues in Sport (SURG G004)

Objectives: To understand key aspects of the use and abuse of drugs in sport and the responsibility of a team physician. To have a basic knowledge of the medico-legal issues surrounding drug use and abuse in sport

Assessment. Written exam (90%); Seminar (10%)

Useful Information:

Link to USADA Drug Information (DRO, Drug Reference Online)

Link to WADA

Link to 100% ME

Other useful sources and links

Date	Time	Location	Topic	Lecturer	Study Topic
Sept 26	2-4	Cruciform B.03	Steroids and their detection [Reading List] [Slides,ppt]	Bruce Lynn	Stimulants. Revise basic pharmacology of catecholamines and amphetamines
Oct 3	2-4	Cruciform B.05	Drugs Policy in Action [Link to 2007 slides]	Michele Verroken
Oct 10	10-12	Rockefeller G17	EPO and blood doping	Bruce Lynn
Oct 10	12.30-1.30	Rockefeller G17	Gene Doping Gene Doping chapter from book	Bruce Lynn
Oct 10	1.30-2.30	tba	Using the Drug Info Database; Therapeutic Use Exemptions forms (hands on session)	Bruce Lynn
Oct 10	3-4.30	Rockefeller G17	Medico-legal issues in sport	tba	Backround reading on Growth hormone
Oct 17	2-3.30	Guy's Campus, room tba	Growth hormone and local growth factors [Reading List, Powerpoint, 0.7Mb]	Steve Harridge
Oct 24	2-4	South Wing, Committee Room	Student Presentations	Bruce Lynn

Staff:
Prof Steve Harridge, KCL
Ms Michele Verroken, past Head, UK Sports Anti-doping Agency
Prof Bruce Lynn, Physiology Dept, UCL

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