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FACULTY OF PHARMACY
BIOCHEMISTRY PPCC 6430304
YEAR 2, SEMESTER 1
SESSION 2022-2023
Assignment Topic
“ A 57 year old woman presents to the primary care clinic for a routine checkup. Her
medications include Alendronate, Aspirin, Metformin, and Simvastatin. Her physician
notes that her LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) has dropped since her last visit, putting her within
the target level <70 mg/dL”.

Q-1. By which of the mechanisms does this drug regimen most likely lower LDL-C levels
in this patient and why?

Q-2. Explain the main pathway to control the LDL-Cholesterol.

Q-3. Impaired “Oxidation of Fatty Acids” gives rise to diseases often associated with
Hypoglycemia” How to manage the diseases?

Q-4 Summarize the key points for Oxidation of Fatty Acids.

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5 (Very good)
attributes
Problem Able to provide
Identification explanation of
problem very clearly and
accurately.
Analysis Able to organize and
analyze gathered
information or data, clearly
describe the factors that
contribute to problem/ issue
or explain the root of the
problem.
Application Able to apply new idea or
knowledge to a given
problem and able to
propose alternative
applications.
Synthesis Able to gather and
and evaluates information,
Evaluation chooses a clear
interpretation, and provides
sufficient evidence (quality
and quantity) to support
conclusions.
Decision Able to make excellent
Making decisions based on
comparison and contrast
between information,
identify problems and
available solutions.
Reference Accurate and consistent
(Vancouver) style throughout.
*The total 30 marks will be converted according to individual course assessment weightage
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Rubrics for Critical Thinking & Problem solving
Points Scale (maximum points 30) Total
Marks
4 (Good) 3 (Fair) 2 (Weak) 1 (Very weak)
Independently able to Able to explain a problem Able to partially explain a Not able to explain a
explain a problem with minimum assistance. problem with maximum problem, even with
clearly without assistance. assistance
assistance.
Able to organize and Able to organize and Finds difficulty in organizing Not able to organize and
analyze gathered analyze gathered and analyzing gathered analyze gathered
information or data, information or data, but information or data and information or data and
clearly describe some does not clearly describe finds difficulty in explaining fails to define the factors
factors that contribute the factors that contribute the factors that neither that contribute to the
to problem/ issue or to the problem/issue or contribute to the problem/ problem/issue or explain
explain the possible clearly explain the root of issue nor explains the root the root of the problem
roots of the problem. the problem. of the problem.
Able to apply new idea Able to apply new idea or Limited ability to apply new Not able to apply any new
or knowledge to a knowledge to a given idea or knowledge. idea or knowledge to a
given problem problem with assistance given problem.
independently. from the lecturer.
Able to gather and
Able to gather relevant Has difficulty in gathering, Fails to gather information
thinks about
information, synthesize synthesizing and evaluating for synthesis and
information,
and evaluate the information. evaluation
synthesize, able to
information and offers
offer responsible
simple, unsupported
interpretations;
conclusions
provides sufficient
evidence to
support
conclusions
Able to make good Able to make decisions Able to make decisions Not able to make decisions
decisions based on based on comparison and based on comparison and based on comparison and
comparison and contrast between contrast between contrast between
contrast between information, ideas and information, ideas and information, ideas and
information, ideas and available solutions. available solutions with solutions even with
available solutions. some assistance. assistance.
Accurate and Less accurate and less More inaccurate and more Not Accurate and not
consistent style consistent style. inconsistent style. consistent style.
mostly.
Total score: ………………/30 marks*