Undergraduate Course: Project in Medical Biology and Management (MBBM10014)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Medical Biology (Biomedical Sciences) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Most students will do group library projects based on an important topic in the general area of medical biology. Students will have considerable freedom to follow up their own ideas and to decide with project supervisors the exact content of the project, but they will be required to focus on economic/financial/management aspects of the overall project topic.
Assessment of these projects will mainly be based on a set of deliverables that will include a dissertation report, oral presentation, a project plan and a lay communications assignment. A typical report will include 4-5 specialised chapters (one chapter per student, assessed individually) together with a general introduction and an integrated discussion. While each student will be responsible for a chapter, the final project would be the communal work of the group and thus involve team writing and editing. A small element of peer assessment will be included in the marking scheme.
One purpose of these group projects is for students to learn teamwork, and part of the assessment will be based on the minutes of structured weekly management meetings that the team will hold.
There will thus be a preparatory teaching session for all students on project planning and teamworking. Other whole-class teaching sessions will cover statistics/data analysis and the development of skills in lay communication.
There may also be opportunities for students who wish to do an individual research project, focusing on the economic/financial/management aspects of some topic in the general area of medical biology.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Approximately 300 hours of student investigation plus report production |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Increased understanding of Biological processes. Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later. |
Assessment Information
| Dissertation |
Special Arrangements
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Andrew Hall
Tel: (0131 6)50 3263
Email: A.Hall@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Lisa Ketchion
Tel: (0131 6)51 1629
Email: Lisa.Ketchion@ed.ac.uk |
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