Postgraduate Course: Specialist Academic Activity (OPTH12009)
Course Outline
School | School of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 30 |
Home subject area | Ophthalmology |
Other subject area | None |
Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | To further develop trainees' critical abilities and underpin ophthalmic medical and surgical knowledge in their chosen subspecialty. To promote independent decision making in both medical and surgical management of patient and understanding of latest treatment developments.
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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: 2014/15 Semester 2, 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 |
12/01/2015 |
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
300
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Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 70,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 5,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 6,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
219 )
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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 |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Students who complete this course successfully will be able to:
1) Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of chosen ophthalmic subspecialty.
2. 2) Identify, conceptualise and offer original and creative insights into novel information and/or recently published data.
3. 3) Produce a written critique of a defined piece of research.
4. 4) Demonstrate originality and creativity in the development and application of new knowledge, understanding and practices. |
Assessment Information
e-Dissertation (75%); Discussion Boards (25%) |
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 |
Students are expected to complete at least 10 hours of self-directed study per week working through the project reading identified texts, supported through discussions with tutors. The total workload for this course will be approximately 300 hours.
Total Hours: 300 ( Online Activities 70, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 5, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 225 ) |
Keywords | ophthalmology, eye disease, subspecialty interest |
Contacts
Course organiser | Prof Baljean Dhillon
Tel: (0131 6)50 9240
Email: Baljean.Dhillon@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Jones
Tel: 0131 527 3496
Email: s.jones@rcsed.ac.uk |
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