After participating in this module, it is expected that students will be able to:

• Draw the chemical structure for ethanol. Identify the functional group that alcohols have in common.
• Discuss the physical and chemical properties of ethanol that determine its solubility in water.
• Compare and contrast the structure and solubility of ethanol and other alcohols.
• Explain the relationship between passive diffusion and the concentration of a molecule.
• Identify the oxidized species of a molecule in a chemical reaction.
• Explain why ethanol distributes into water spaces of the body.
• Predict how the concentration of a polar compound in the bloodstream is determined by a person’s body composition (fat:water ratio).
• Explain how the BAC is affected by factors such as food and genetics.

After participating in this module, it is expected that students may be able to:

• Explain how an enzyme and a coenzyme participate in an oxidation reaction.
• Describe how genetics can cause variations in drug metabolism.
• Calculate the blood alcohol concentration (BAC).
• Dispute myths about eliminating alcohol from the body by “peeing” it out.