Undergraduate Course: Molecules to Society 1b (MBCH08010)
Course Outline
| School | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 50 |
| Home subject area | MBChB |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course provides an introduction to the breadth of biological, social and clinical sciences particularly by organ systems. The course maintains a holistic and patient-centred perspective ?together with a professional and ethical understanding. The course is made up of three principal strands which are co-ordinated and integrated by problem-based learning scenarios, through three modules (Cardiac health, respiration and bones and joints). Each module will include some biomedical science, behavioural and psychosocial science (which are the two major strands) and clinical science, but to varying proportions. The theme of each module will usually be the problems of a patient with disease of a particular organ system. The interrelationship of biological, psychological and social factors in the causation of disease and on the ability of patients to be cured of or to live with the disease will be demonstrated and serve to emphasize that all learning is relevant to the practice of medicine. There will be some early patient contact. |
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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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
The normal weekly timetable provides for approximately 10 hours lectures, 5 hours practicals, 3 hours problem based learning and 2 hours tutorials, and 3 hours directed private study. |
| Exam Information |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Molecules to Society 1b Paper 1 | 2:00 | | | | Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Molecules to Society 1b Paper 2 | 2:00 | | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Molecules to Society 1b Paper 1 RESIT | 2:00 | | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Molecules to Society 1b Paper 2 RESIT | 2:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| To give students a solid grounding in the principles of health and disease including the appropriate basic science so that they can take full advantage of ward and community based teaching in later years. To promote a professional attitude towards the practice of medicine. To prepare students for life-long learning through their professional life. |
Assessment Information
| In course assessment; written and online examinations taken at the end of each semester; student peer-review |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Jamie Davies
Tel: (0131 6)50 2999
Email: Jamie.Davies@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Emma Woods
Tel: 0131 242 6768
Email: emma.woods@ed.ac.uk |
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