Undergraduate Course: Global Health and Infectious Diseases (BIME10021)
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 | 20 |
| Home subject area | Biomedical Sciences |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is designed to consolidate many of the themes of global health and infectious diseases that students will have been exposed to in their earlier years at the University of Edinburgh.
Lectures:
This course will split broadly into five themes:
1. What is global health?
2. Epidemiology and surveillance of infectious disease.
3. Infectious disease in the developing world
4. The ages of man (and management of infectious disease)?
5. Global health challenges
The lectures are organised to provide a clear transition from the origin and establishment of infectious diseases to their management and control.
Utilisation of Learn:
The course will also provide asynchronous support for student via the virtual learning environment ¿ Learn. Students will be encouraged to discuss the lectures and their content on the discussion boards provided.
Direct contact with course staff will be provided via Learn, formative feed-back, feed-forward and any assignment queries will be provided here. This allows full transparency for all students with regards the information provided.
Additional reading and relevant information, as well as up-to-date discussion relating to local, national and international events of interest will also be presented within this resource. It is hoped that at the end of this course, students will be aware of the current events and developments within the sphere of global health and infectious diseases. Ongoing engagement with this information streams will be encouraged beyond the duration of this course. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Medical Microbiology 3 (BIME09002) AND
Biomedical Sciences 3 (BIME09008)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Students who are either enrolled on the BSc (Hons) Medical Sciences, or who spent their third year abroad, or who are taking an intercalated year, are exempt from the requirement to have taken and passed Biomedical Sciences 3. |
| Additional Costs | Medical Microbiology 3 - BIME09002 Biomedical Sciences 3 - BIME09008 |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
40 %,
Coursework
60 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course it is expected that students will:
- Identify the global challenge of infectious disease
- Explain the historical problems of neglected infectious diseases and the profound effects that the collapse of geographical space and increasing population growth have had on infectious disease epidemiology.
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the principles and role of surveillance in identifying infectious disease priorities for a population and monitoring control strategies
- The ability to critically review and consolidate knowledge in this subject area. This will be promoted through in course discussions, both face-to-face and online.
- The confidence to make judgments where data/information is limited or comes from a range of sources. |
Assessment Information
This course will contain a high component of in-course assessment ¿ 60% with a single written exam worth 40% at the end of term.
This high ICA emphasis will address concerns raised more widely regarding the receipt of relevant and timely feedback to inform the student on academic assessment and development. Formative feedback events will also be designed within the course composition, and information reiterated within the support resources of Learn.
It is proposed that there be two pieces of ICA of equal weighting (30% each), these will aim to be both innovative in their design, while still examining the intended learning outcomes of this course. |
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 | Global Health, Infectious disease |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Kim Picozzi
Tel: (0131 6)50 6257
Email: Kim.Picozzi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Caroline Morris
Tel: (0131 6)51 3255
Email: c.d.morris@ed.ac.uk |
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