Postgraduate Course: Professional Skills in Drug Discovery (PGBI11074)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biological Sciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | **Online distance learning course**
In the future, Drug Discovery will involve more multinational collaboration while face-to-face meetings will decrease. The internet will be increasingly used to communicate. This distance learning course necessarily models this world before it happens. Therefore in learning how to cope with the demands of distance learning, students will be ahead of their colleagues. This course will be designed around a wide view of the global problems of the decreasing rate of discovery of new drugs. As well as giving the students a perspective on the field they are studying, the tasks set will involve skills needed in multinational collaboration. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
30/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Online Activities 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Appreciate how to act on feedback from peers, and to give it too;
- Keep an electronic portfolio for the purposes of professional development;
- Reflect on any weaknesses in generic skills (e.g. scientific writing, English language, use of spreadsheets etc) and to formulate action plans to improve them;
- Use Web 2.0 tools to communicate and collaborate within a group;
- Appreciate the dynamics of group interactions and acquire strategies to cope when this might not be working well;
- Use relevant bibliographic resources in the subject and have a critical appreciation of differing search algorithms;
- Use productivity tools to manage time and work efficiently. |
Assessment Information
50% = Group Assessment (including maximum 20% variation for Peer Assessment of contribution)
50% = Electronic Portfolio (comprising of learning log and contribution to skills profile) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | PSinDD |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Paul Mclaughlin
Tel: (0131 6)50 7060
Email: paul.mclaughlin@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Vicky Mactaggart
Tel: (0131 6)51 7052
Email: Vicky.Mactaggart@ed.ac.uk |
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