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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences : Molecular and Clinical Medicine

Postgraduate Course: Credits Awarded for Taught Courses [University of Glasgow] Biomarkers for Precision Medicine MED5488 (MCLM11083)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis is a placeholder course, designed to record marks for the University of Glasgow part of the programme, PRPHDISPME1F: Precision Medicine (PhD with Integrated Study)
Course description Please see [University of Glasgow] Biomarkers for Precision Medicine MED5488
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Critically discuss the definitions of various biomarker types and how they relate to current translational strategies, including disease stratification, responsiveness to drug therapy and personalised medicine.
  2. Critically discuss the methods in identification, optimisation and validation of new and better biomarkers, including statistical evaluation and limitations.
  3. Critically discuss the biomarker strategies within the clinical trial design, including the current approaches and practice of patient selection.
  4. Critically evaluate the biomarker identification and validation studies, including those in primary publications and systematic reviews
  5. Communicate effectively the results of critical evaluation of biomarker identification and validation, and new strategies.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Susan Farrington
Tel: (0131) 332 2471
Email: Susan.Farrington@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Maree Hardie
Tel:
Email: maree.hardie@ed.ac.uk
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