Undergraduate Course: Research Strategies in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences (BIME09015)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course will cover how hypothesis driven research is formulated and funded.
This course is only available to students on the Biomedical and Laboratory Science Programme. |
| Course description |
This course will be based on lectures and small-group session and involve training in literature searching, database mining, research funding, project planning, ethics, experimental design, report writing, publishing research in academic journals, press releases, public engagement and patenting procedures.
This course will extend material covered in Biomedical Sciences 3 by involving grant proposal/research methods/research ethics linked to employment and research project.
This course is only available to students on the Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences programme.
|
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
|
Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
|
| Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
|
Quota: 4 |
| Course Start |
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
(
Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
166 )
|
| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
|
| Additional Information (Assessment) |
ICA - 100% [Grant proposal (70%) and production of written reports in different formats and to different audiences, e.g. academic, lay, press (30%). |
| Feedback |
Students receive feedback during sessions with tutor on progress and approach to the task. Feedback is given after evaluation of the grant proposal and reports. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Developed an understanding of the key stages in the research lifecycle.
- Enhanced your skill in critically evaluating scientific research papers with regard to study design, data analysis, presentation, and interpretation of data.
- Enhanced your ability to search for relevant literature on a specific research topic.
- Enhanced your ability to formulate novel experimentally testable hypotheses.
- Developed skills to communicate research findings to a lay audience.
|
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Students are instructed in the skills that allow the work of others to be accurately and concisely summarised and abstracted.
Independent thinking and the ability to draw together novel but relevant information from a wide range of sources and synthesise coherent conclusions is encouraged through a variety of formats including essay writing, peer and tutor-led discussion groups.
The ability to communicate freely and understandably with a range of audiences is essential for the modern Biomedical Scientist. The degree programme allows development in the different forms of communication at all stages and academic levels of the programme.
Students are practised in the creation of coherent written, electronic and oral communications based on independently accumulated information.
|
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Martin Simmen
Tel: (0131 6)51 1773
Email: M.Simmen@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 1514
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk |
|
|
University Homepage