Undergraduate Course: Endocrine Physiology and Pharmacology (BIME10024)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Endocrinology is the study of hormones and how they impact of target organs distinct and far from their site of origin. This course will cover physiology and pharmacology of adrenal and gonadal steroids hormones. We will discuss both the conventional and evolving actions elicited by these hormones and the nature of disease states where their action is aberrant, including cardiovascular disease (hypertension obesity), reproductive disorders, breast and prostate cancer, and ageing. Targets for therapeutic intervention (existing and future) will be evaluated. Teaching methods will include seminars, workshops, discussion and presentation of scientific papers, group literature exercises. |
| Course description |
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 35,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 14,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Formative Assessment Hours 3,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Revision Session Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
137 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% written exam |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Endocrine Physiology and Pharmacology | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
Students will demonstrate an integrated knowledge of:
1) the nature of steroid hormones and the general principles of nuclear hormone receptor action.
2) the physiological actions of steroid hormones and diseases where their actions are disturbed.
3) pharmacological approaches to manipulate steroid hormone action.
Students will be able:
4) to critically assess scientific papers.
5) to clearly summarise and discuss scientific experiments.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Endocrinology, hormones, steroid |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ruth Andrew
Tel: (0131) 537 1887
Email: Ruth.Andrew@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Caroline Morris
Tel: (0131 6)51 3255
Email: c.d.morris@ed.ac.uk |
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