Postgraduate Course: Laboratory Practise in Microbiology, Virology and Serology (BIME11116)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course aims to provide competency in the use of the clinical laboratory in the investigation, management and prevention of infection |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Printing own course materials |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
| Course Start Date |
11/04/2022 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Online Activities 25,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
53 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Online activities include asynchronous discussion
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a variety of activities will constitute 40% of their overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme.
Assessment will be based on various online activities including written submissions (web forms), discussion fora and reflective review. Extensive use of selective release (requiring the student to complete one task before being permitted to proceed to the next) technologies will be made to facilitate interactive and dynamic online assignments.
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| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the principles, uses and limitations of laboratory diagnostic procedures (manual, automated and Point-of-Care) including microscopy, culture, protein/nucleic acid-based, serological/other assays of host-response, and emerging diagnostics.
- Understand biological, biomedical and fundamental technical background of diagnostic tests, identify unmet needs and gaps in knowledge and understanding and demonstrate ability to develop research programmes to address these gaps.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the repertoire of investigations available for a given clinical scenario, their merits and limitations. Understand results comprehensively and demonstrate competence in key aspects of data handling.
- Understand the principles and role of pathogen reference laboratories, the requirement for internal and external quality assurance, and the process of laboratory accreditation.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Pre analytical phase,analytical phase,post-analytical phase,laboratory management and quality ass |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Till Bachmann
Tel: 0131 242 9438
Email: till.bachmann@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Fraser
Tel: (0131 6)50 3289
Email: s.fraser@ed.ac.uk |
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